'•••:  . . ■ • * ; 


• • 


MONTENEGRO 


BELGIUM 


ROUMANIA 


Copyright  1917 

By  Leslie- Judge  Co.,  New  York 


CHINA 


FRANCE 


PORTUGAL 


SERVIA 


JAPAN 


GREAT  BRITAIN 


Copyright,  1917,  by 
LESLIE-JUDGE  COMPANY 


Dr  *„«/  rrfr&-  S.rrt. 


Introduction 


X 


\ 

§ 

* 

\ 

N 


AROUND  THE  WORLD  with  a camera  visiting  every  nation  under  the 
sun!  Who  would  not  like  to  make  such  a trip  in  safety  and  in  ease? 
It  is  a journey  but  few  of  us  could  make  during  the  Great  War,  when  in  every 
sea  lurks  the  danger  of  mines  and  submarines,  and  when  every  country  is 
thronged  with  spies,  making  the  use  of  a camera  forbidden  except  by  official 
photographers. 

The  photographs  which  appear  in  ‘ AROUND  THE  WORLD  WITH 
A CAMERA''  for  these  very  reasons  become  one  of  the  most  notable 
collections  of  photographs  ever  produced  in  a single  book.  They  are  the  gems 
and  selected  contributions  from  thousands  of  photographs  taken  by  Leslie’s 
staff  photographers,  including  James  H.  Hare’s  pictures  from  the  battlefronts 
in  France  and  Italy,  Donald  Thompson’s  pictures  from  Russia  and  the  Balkans, 
Lucien  S.  Kirtland's  pictures  on  the  Russian  fronts,  the  famous  flying  pictures 
by  Zinn,  together  with  hundreds  of  pictures  from  other  photographers,  covering 
all  battlefronts. 

The  American  nrmy  and  Navy  are  given  particular  attention  in  a 
special  section.  These  pictures  are  of  decided  interest  and  merit  and  were  taken 
in  camp  and  at  sea  by  officers  and  men  of  the  United  States  Army  and  Navy 
or  by  official  photographers  for  the  government.  They  show  our  Sailor  Boys 
ready  for  action  on  battleships  at  sea,  and  our  Soldier  Boys  in  camp  and 
trench  learning  to  conquer  the  enemy. 

With  this  volume  before  him,  one  can  start  on  a tour  covering  the 
magnificent  scenery  in  the  western  part  of  the  United  States  and  then 
experience  the  charm  of  the  balmy  clime  which  the  winter  tourist  finds  in 
Southern  California,  he  will  next  pass  through  that  land  of  marvelous  riches, 
the  Pacific  coast,  up  to  Alaska,  the  last  stronghold  of  the  hardy  American 
pioneer. 

Thence  he  will  go  across  the  Pacific  and  through  the  Orient,  laughing 
through  Japan  and  China  with  Homer  Croy,  seeing  curious  things  about  Chinese 
clothes  and  customs.  He  will  come  back  to  the  battlefronts  and  to  our  own 
country  with  “Men  Who  Are  Winning  The  War”  in  the  great  industrial  ac- 
tivities of  our  own  country  speeded  up  to  a momentum  never  dreamed  of  before. 

Specially  selected  photographs  display  sports,  current  events,  great 
disasters,  and  engineering  feats  throughout  the  United  States  of  particular 
interest  to  our  own  people.  Every  family  in  America  should  have  this  wonder- 
ful book,  for  here  is  a never-ending  source  of  interest,  an  unfailing  spring  of 
great  educational  value. 


JOHN  A.  SLEICHER, 

Editor  “Leslie  s Weekly” 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
in  2016  with  funding  from 

University  of  Illinois  Urbana-Champaign  Alternates 


https://archive.org/details/aroundworldwithc00unse_0 


THE  WORLD’S  GREATEST  WAR 


“THE  WORLD’S  GREATEST  WAR”  HAS  TERRIBLE  SIGNIFI- 
CANCE. IT  MEANS  THE  LARGEST  ARMIES  EVER  ASSEMBLED, 
THE  FIERCEST  BATTLES  EVER  FOUGHT,  THE  MOST  CRUEL 
ATROCITIES  EVER  COMMITTED  AND  THE  MOST  SPLENDID 
VALOR  EVER  SHOWN. 


IT  IS  IMPOSSIBLE  TO  REALIZE  THAT  MILLIONS  OF  MEN 
ARE  FIGHTING  AGAINST  EACH  OTHER  TO  THE  VERY  DEATH. 
IT  SEEMS  INCREDIBLE  THAT  WAR  SHOULD  INVOLVE  NEAR- 
LY ALL  THE  CIVILIZED  NATIONS  OF  EUROPE,  EXTENDING 
ACROSS  THE  SEAS  TO  JAPAN  AND  EVEN  TOUCH  CANADA  IN 
THE  WESTERN  HEMISPHERE,  AND  THE  UNITED  STATES. 


THE  MOST  RIGID  CENSORSHIP  WAS  ESTABLISHED 
AGAINST  NEWSPAPER  PHOTOGRAPHERS  AND  CORRE- 
SPONDENTS; YET  THEY  WERE  ABLE  TO  SECURE  PHOTO- 
GRAPHS, SKETCHES  AND  INFORMATION  WHICH  THE 
PUBLIC  SO  EAGERLY  AWAITED. 


EVERYONE  IS  INTERESTED  IN  THE  CAUSES  OF  THE  WAR, 
IN  THE  MARSHALLING  OF  THE  CONTENDING  FORCES 
AGAINST  EACH  OTHER,  AND  IN  THE  OPENING  CHAPTERS 
OF  A STRUGGLE  THAT  AT  THIS  WRITING  BIDS  FAIR  TO  CON- 
TINUE FOR  A MUCH  LONGER  PERIOD  THAN  WAS  ANTICI- 
PATED AT  THE  OUTBREAK  OF  HOSTILITIES.  HENCE  THE 
SPECIAL  VALUE  OF  THIS  LATEST  SECTION  IN  OUR  FAMOUS 
BOOK  “AROUND  THE  WORLD  WITH  A CAMERA.” 


HB  RAW  JUNO'S 

viKWERsrrf  of 


NOTHING 


n 


FROM 

DONALD  C. 
THOMPSON 

STAFF  PHOTOGRAPHER 
FOR  LESLIE’S 


DEAD  BEFORE  THE 
ALTAR 

A church  in  a little  village 
within  the  French  lines  on  the 
Verdun  sector  was  used  as  a 
hospital  and  many  wounded 
men  were  carried  into  it  to  be 
attended  by  the  devoted  Red 
Cross  doctors  who  work  within 
the  zone  of  fire.  While  the 
building  was  crowded  with  suf- 
fering humanity  shells  began 
to  fall  near  it  and  it  was  neces- 
sary to  evacuate  it  with  all 
possible  speed.  Sorre  shells 
struck  the  church  and  killed 
several  of  the  inmates.  Two 
of  t:  ese  unfortunates  were  ly- 
ing ia  front  of  a side  altar 
when  the  bombardment  was 
over.  The  statue  in  the  niche 
and  the  candles  before  it  were 
untouched  in  all  the  wrack  of 
destruction. 

Many  stories  are  told  of 
sacred  imdges  being  preserved 
while  their  surroundings  are 
destroyed.  Perhaps  m.  mosi 
authentic  is  thac  cf  the  Golden 
Virgin  of  Albert.  This  figure 
surmounted  the  spire  of  the 
village  church,  and  when 
the  town  w’as  bombarded  the 
church  suffered  severely.  The 
statue  was  torn  from  its  pedes- 
tal, but  d.i  not  fall.  Instead 
it  hung  in  a horizontal  position 
with  arms  outstretched  over 
the  village,  in  an  attitude  of 
protection.  There  it  has  re- 
mained for  many  n onths, 
making  a deep  impression  on 
the  roman  ic  French  people.  A 
saying  has  become  current  that 
the  statue  will  remain  as  it  is 
until  the  German  menace  to 
France  is  ended. 

Complaint  has  been  made 
about  the  German  bombard- 
ment of  churches,  but  seem- 
ingly without  justice.  Towns 
in  the  fighting  area  are  battered 
to  pieces  by  artillery,  and  the 
churches  share  a common  fate 
with  other  buildings.  Being 
in  many  cases  the  largist  and 
most  conspicuous,  they  natu- 
rally suffer  first.  Where  they 
have  been  deliberately  singled 
out  for  bombardment  there  has 
been  a suspicion  that  their 
towers  were  being  «sed  as  ob- 
servation posts.  Many  of  the 
villages  recently  taken  by  the 
French  and  British  are  so  com- 
pletely destroyed  that  even 
the  b:  i eks  and  stones  of  the 
buildings  are  reduced  to  dust< 


When  France  Goes  Over  the  Top 

Exclusive  Photographs  for  Leslie’s.  Copyright  Underwood  & Underwood. 


A Frenchman  already  decorated  with  the  croix  de  guerre  secured  these  pictures  when  a I German  trench  on  the  Champagne  front.  The  men  are  seen  going  through  their  own 

raiding  party  of  picked  men  from  t lie  134th  Regiment  of  Infantry  made  a dash  into  a | wire  entanglements  just  after  they  have  climbed  over  the  top  into  No  Man's  Land. 


The  attacking  party  is  seen  in  the  middle  of  No  Man’s  Land,  exposed  to  the  German  fire.  barbed  wire,  but  the  French  made  the  trip,  killed  several  Germans  and  returned 

'Phe  enemy's  line  was  aoout  S)0  yards  from  the  French  trench  and  heavily  protected  by  with  four  prisoners  in  less  than  four  minutes.  This  is  fast  work. 


The  French  soldiers  are  seen  in  the  distance  entering  the  Ger- 
man trench,  having  carried  their  coup  de  main  through  to  the 
vital  moment.  In  the  foreground  a wounded  French  soldier 
is  making  his  way  back  to  the  French  line.  The  attack  was 
made  with  the  aid  of  a.  barrage  and  the  smoke  of  bursting 
shells  is  seen  beyond  the  trench  at  the  right.  At  the  left 
members  of  the  party  are  seen  just  before  the  attack  was 
made.  The  soldier  behind  the  post  carries  a bag  filled  with 
grenades,  for  in  warfare  of  this  type  the  hand  grenade  plays  as 
important  a part  as  the  rifle  and  bayonet.  At  the  right  are 
members  of  the  party  with  a German  prisoner  taken  in  the 
raid  and  hustled  back  to  the  French  line.  He  is  about  to 
start,  under  escort,  for  the  commandant’s  headquarters,  where 
he  will  be  questioned.  Attacks  such  as  this  are  seldom  made 
before  the  artillery  preparation  has  battered  the  enemy's 
trendies  into  shapeless  hollows  and  so  overwhelmed  the 
nervous  systems  of  those  surviving  in  them  that  resistance  is 
slight,  for  unless  this  is  done  the  machine  gun  and  rifle  fire  of 
the  defenders  would  sweep  the  attacking  party  away  with 
scant  loss  to  those  in  the  trench. 


vs 


Flying  for  France 

Exclusive  Photographs  from  FREDERIC  W.  ZINN 


The  presentation  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor  is  a Hit  of  ceremony  handed 
down  from  Napoleon’s  time.  It  is 
the  sole  touch  of  sentiment  that  has 
withstood  the  ravages  of  modern 
war  The  officer  who  awards  the 
decorations,  usual! v a general  (hut 
not  in  this  case),  first  reads  out  loud 
the  man's  citation,  pins  on  this 
decoration,  touches  him  on  each 
shoulder  with  a saber,  and  finishes 
with  a stage  kiss.  Although  military 
medals  are  awarded  for  bravery, 
the  highest  decoration  in  the  gift  of 
France  is  the  Cross  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor,  the  only  existing  order  in  the 
French  Republic.  In  peace  times 
the  Legion  of  Honor  has  been  given 
for  conspicuous  accomplishments  in 
civil  life,  and  has  been  conferred  on 
foreigners  and  in  some  cases  upon 
women. 


A “close  up”  of  a fatal  accident.  This  was  due  to  a motor  stopping 
before  the  machine  was  well  clear  of  the  ground.  The  fall  was  of  barely  a 
hundred  feet  but  the  destruction  was  complete.  The  observer  was 
killed  and  the  pilot  badly  injured.  If  this  stoppage  had  occurred  at  a 


thousand  or  at  ten  thousand  feet  the  pilot  would  have  been  able  to 
glide  down  and  land  without  the  slightest  inconvenience,  but,  as  it  was, 
the  fall  was  so  short  he  had  no  time  to  “straighten  out”  for  a landing. 
Flying  low  is  infinitely  more  dangerous  than  flying  high. 


This  was  the  outcome  of  a 
combat  described  by  Mr. 
Zinn  at  some  length  in  his 
article  in  the  November  10 
issue  of  Leslie’s.  The  two 
boys  in  the  middle  (one  of 
them  has  since  been  badly 
wounded)  drove  a German 
plane  to  earth  behind  the 
French  lines.  Each  was 
driving  a Spad  monoplane. 
On  either  side  of  them  (bare- 
headed) are  the  Germans 
they  forced  down,  the  pilot, 
with  the  bandaged  foot,  at 
the  right,  and  the  German 
observer  at  the  left.  The 
other  three  are  mechanics. 
The  German  machine  is  an 
Albatross  used  for  photo- 
graphic  reconnaissances. 
Next  to  the  seats  of  pilot 
and  observer  were  boxes  of 
matches  with  which  to  burn 
the  machine  in  case  of  emer- 
gency, but  apparently  neither 
tried  to  use  them.  Some 
German  machines  carry  pe- 
tards with  which  the  pilot 
may  destroy  the  machine,  in 
case  he  falls  in  enemy  terri- 
tory. The  pilots  dislike  to 
carry  them  because  if  hit  by 
a bullet  or  piece  of  shell  they 
are  liable  to  explode,  destroy- 
ing machine  and  crew. 


THE  BIG  DRIVE  IN  PRANCE 


'"'''////Ay's*','.,, 


'■"r//"%, m&mE 
' '///wm 

',  y//////^5 

traaec 


?/////// 


Kj 


LEAVING  THE  TRENCHES 
The  beginning  of  an  attack, 
pictured  on  the  Somme  front. 


jrv|. 


FROM  DONALD  C.  THOMPSON 


STAFF  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE’S 


]*'  ? PRISONERS  COMING  IN 

The  terrific  bombardments  that  always  pre- 
cede  infantry  attacks  frequently  cut  offdetach- 
ments  of  the  enemy  from  their  supports.  They  can 
only  surrender  or  wait  to  be  killed.  No  blame  can 
attach  to  them  for  choosing  the  former  alternative.  The 
prioto  shows  Germans  running  toward  the  French  lines. 


START  OF  THE  RUSH  \ '**£ 

\ **  % 

At  a given  signal  the  French  “Poilus”  leap  \ \% 
from  their  trenches  and  start  on  a double  for 
the  German  position  marked  for  capture.  They 
must  pass  through  a hail  of  bullets  and  they  move 
as  rapidly  as  possible.  When  a first  attack  fails,  a 
second,  and  if  necessary  a third  and  fourth,  are  launched 


FRANCE’S  BIGGEST  GUNS 

When  the  war  began  France  had  no  portable  artillery  of  a larger  caliber  than 
155  millimeters  (about  six  inches)  but  now  40-centimeter  guns  are  numerous. 


FEEDING  THE  GUNS 

A shell  being  swung  off  a car  by  means  of  a crane.  Where  possible  shells  are 
f -Jff’  handled  by  hand,  as  there  is  less  danger  of  explosion. 


m 


M 


y^//////////////////////zW^^ 


OUT  OF  THE  TRENCHES  FOR  GOOD 
German  prisoners  in  a camp  behind  the  French  lines. 


German  prisoners  in  a camp  behind  the  French  lines. 


RESTING  UNDER  FIRE 

A French  battalion,  nearing  the  front,  lies  down  during  a halt, 




PHOTOGRAPHED  FROM  A ZEPPELIN 


BATTLE  IN  THE  AIR  DURING  A GERMAN  RAID  ON  ENGLAND 


This  photograph  - one  of  the  most  remarkable  of  the  war — was  made  from  the  bridge  of  a 
zeppelin,  looking  toward  the  stern.  The  triangular  body  at  the  top  of  the  picture  is  the  keel 
of  the  gas  envelope  and  the  box-like  arrangements  are  rudders.  Note  that  three  aero- 
planes are  shown,  one  immediately  under  the  gas  bag  and  the  other  two  considerably  below  the 
zeppelin.  The  two  white  puffs  are  exploding  bombs,  dropped  from  other  aeroplanes  soaring 


COPYRIGHT  WORLD  FEATURE  SERVICE 

above  the  zeppelin  at  the  moment  the  picture  was  taken.  The  zeppelin  was  raiding  England 
end  all  the  aeroplanes  were  hostile,  but  were  not  able  to  damage  the  huge  airship,  which  had  a speed 
greater  than  that  of  its  pursuers.  The  bombs  in  the  picture  have  dropped  well  astern  of  the  zeppelin, 
indicating  that  she  was  at  that  moment  outdistancing  her  pursuers.  Germany  is  reported  to  be 
constructing  many  new  zeppelins,  with  which  she  intends  to  severely  harass  England. 


2 


EUROPE’S  EMBLEMS  OP  VALOR 


A reproduction  in  actual  size  and  color  of  the  leading  war  medals  of  tue  principal  warring  countries  of  Europe. 
None  are  lightly  earned  and  among  millions  of  intelligent  men  now  in  t..e  ranks  of  the  various  nations  of  Europe 
these  bits  of  metal  and  ribbon  are  more  coveted  than  wealth.  The  emblems  vary  all  the  way  from  the  elaborate 
Serbian  order  of  St.  George  in  solid  gold  and  enamel  to  the  German  Iron  Cross,  which  has  an  intrinsic  value  ol 
only  a few  cents,  but  which  is  none  the  less  coveted.  Their  sen‘imental  value  makes  these  decorations  so  highly 

desired.  The  decorations  reproduced  are: 


Copyright  1916 
By  Leslie-Judge  Co..  N.  Y. 


Photographed  from  originals 


No  1 — Star  of  St.  George  (Karageorg) . Founded  in  1304  -*y  "ing  Peter  I of  Serbia.  It 
is  conferred  (with  swords  1 in  war  time  for  specially  meritorious  er  ice  in  the  Serbian  army.  It 
is  made  of  gol  d and  enamel. 

No.  2 — Military  Order  of  St.  George.  Founded  December  7th,  1769,  by  Queen  Catherine 
II  of  Russia.  There  are  five  classes,  the  first  and  secoud  being  conferred  only  on  general).  Our 
illustration  is  of  the  third  class.  It  is  given  for  distinguished  ser /ice  or  conspicuous  bravery. 

Made  of  gold  and  ename’. 

No.  3 — Order  of  the  Crown  of  Italy.  Founded  Februi*y  20th,  1858,  by  King  Victor  Emanuel 
of  Italy.  It  is  of  five  classes  and  may  be  awarded  for  any  diitinguished  ser  /ice  to  the  nation  in 
war  or  peace.  It  is,  therefore,  possible  for  it  to  be  conferred  upon  a foreigner.  Made  of  gold 

and  enamel. 

No.  4 — Croix  de  Guerre  of  France.  Established  April  8th,  1915.  There  are  four  classes, 
the  first  being  shown.  The  first  class  is  given  for  mention  in  regimental  orders,  and  for  each 
subsequent  citation  a star  (as  shown  in  the  illustration!  or  a wreath  (for  the  aviation  service) 
is  added.  Made  of  bronze. 


No  5 — Victoria  Cross  of  Gr»if  Britain.  Founded  January  29th,  1856.  It  is  conferred 
for  military  or  naval  service  of  unique  value  or  for  personal  bravery  of  an  unusual  degree.  It 
carries  with  it  an  implied  right  to  a pension,  and  by  British  law  may  never  be  taken  away  from 
the  recipient  under  any  conditions  whatever.  There  is  but  one  class,  but  the  naval  decoration 
has  a blue  ribbon  instead  of  the  purple  one  of  the  army  medal  shown  in  the  illustration.  Made 
of  bronze  fro  n ;u m captured  in  the  Crimean  war. 

No  6— Iron  Cross  of  Germany  ^"u^ded  Ma-ch  10th,  1813.  by  Friedrich  Wilhelm  of 
Prussia.  There  are  three  classes,  the  illustr iti '*'»  snoving  the  second  class.  It  is  awarded  for 
military  service  only,  and  particularly  for  conspicuous  bravery.  It  is  made  of  iron  and  is  the 
most  coveted  of  German  decorations. 

No  7— Croix  of  Guerre  of  Belgium  Instituted  in  1915  by  King  Albert,  it  is  given  for  meri- 
torious ser  /ice  in  the  present  war.  Made  of  bronze. 

The  illustrations  are  from  originals  from  the  private  collection  of  Captain  Donald  C.  Thomp- 
son, with  the  exception  of  the  Victoria  Cross  and  the  Iron  Cross,  which  are  from  the  collection 
of  the  American  Numismatic  Society  of  New  York  City. 


i 


THE  BOOTY  OF  WAR  CAREFULLY  PRESERVED 

A view  from  the  Verdun  sector,  where  the  French  have  taken  a German  trench  and  are  gathering  I field  is  held  by  French  law  to  be  the  Republic’s  property,  and  soldiers  must  turn  in  all  spoils  to 

the  spcils,  a vast  number  of  articles  of  dress  and  equipment.  Everything  picked  up  on  the  battle-  ■ the  proper  officers.  Even  fragments  of  brass  and  copper  from  shells  are  sent  to  munitions  factories 


A HALT  FOR  FOOD 

Party  of  French  soldiers  having  lunch  by  the  way. 
The  screen  of  brush  to  the  left  of  the  picture  has  been 
erected  to  conceal  a field-piece,  or  something  equally 
important,  from  the  enemy  aviators. 


RESTING  IN  A RUINED  VILLAGE 
While  the  French  soldiers — “poilus”  the  French 
people  affectionately  call  them — rest,  they  clean  their 
rifles.  The  rifle  must  be  kept  spotless  no  matter  how 
much  it  is  exposed  to  the  weather  and  the  mud. 
Consequently  the  soldier  hates  it,  seeing  in  it  only  an 
additional  burden  on  the  march  and  a constant 
source  of  work.  But  when  the  real  business  of  war 
begins,  and  hostile  forces  come  into  contact  the  rifle 
becomes  the  soldier’s  best  friend.  Then  it  is  that  he 
realizes  how  necessary  was  the  care  he  gave  his  gun. 
The  French  ride  is  provided  with  a long,  triangular 
bayonet  which  is  a most  effective  weapon. 


ITS  ALPINE 
BATTLEFIELDS 


•M  DONALD  C.  THOMPSON 

STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER 
FOR  LESLIE’S 


M MAN  AND  NATURE 
p SHELTER  THE 
14  SOLDIER 

If  The 


mountain  fast- 
nesses  offer 

protection  from  attack 

as  they  provide  posi- 
of  advantage  for 
rifle  fire.  To  the  natural 
fortifications,  however, 
must  be  added  the  man- 
made protections  which  walli 
of  sandbags  give.  Mountain 
warfare  is  particularly  difficult 
because  of  the  inconvenience  in 
Ww/  bringing  ammunition  and  supplies 
to  the  desired  position.  Much  of  the  nec- 
essary handling  of  munitions  has  had  to 
be  done  by  means  of  ropes  lowered  over  the 
sides  of  cliffs. 

^///////////////////////////////^^^^ 


-'V  /j 

"V  i m 

••  >j£  -vr' 

B ih  *.;■ ' a H V HQ  .**  v , •>' 


*•  “ :*y' <X 


wHM 


LIKE  ANTS  THEY  SWARM  OVER  T1IE  HILLSIDE 
The  uniforms  of  all  the  armies  of  Europe  have  been  selected  with  a view  to  furnishing  the  soldiers  the  greatest 
possible  concealment.  The  neutral  khaki  is  very  hard  to  distinguish  from  the  color  of  the  earth.  At  a distance, 
the  height  of  an  aeroplane,  these  Italian  infantr\  men  could  not  be  distinguished  from  the  hillside* 


OFFICIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS  FROM 


BIG 


GUN  FIRE 
IN  FRANCE 


WITH  THE  COMPLIMENTS  OF  FRANCE 
One  of  the  great  new  French  guns  that  have  done  so  much  to  give  the  Allies  the  advantage  in  artillery  fire  on 
the  Western  front.  It  is  reported  that  both  the  British  and  French  have  thousands  of  pieces  of  artillery  stored 
in  France  for  the  real  drive  against  the  enemy  to  start  some  time  in  the  future.  Rumor  has  it  that  the  British 
have  an  18-inch  mobile  gun.  Note  in  the  photograph  how  the  soldiers  cover  their  ears  as  the  gun  is  fired. 


JAMES  II.  31  ARE 

STAFF  PHOTOGRAPHER 


THE  POST  OF  HONOR 

In  war  the  most  dangerous 
post  is  the  most  honorable,  and 
the  observers  who  direct  artillery 
fire  from  kite  balloons  are  in  con- 
stant peril.  The  photograph  shows  a 
balloon  beginning  its  ascent  back  of  the 
British  lines  on  the  Western  front. 


THE  LIVING  WALL  OF  FRANCE 

OFFICIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS  FROM  JAMES  33.  If  AHE,  STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE’S 


FOR  THE  CERTAIN  OF  FIRE 
A stock  of  shells  accumulated  at  a railroad  on  the  Somme  front. 
From  stations  such  as  this  the  shells  go  forward  by  motor  or 
even  wagon  transport.  France  now  has  all  the  munitions  her 
armies  can  use  and  the  production  is  being  increased. 


WAR'S  WORK 
This  pile  of  ruins  was  once 
the  stately  chateau  of  M. 
de  Kergelay.  It  was  with- 
in the  German  lines  along 
the  Somme  and  was  bat- 
tered to  pieces  by  French 
artilleiy  and  afterwards 
captured.  It  is  typical  of 
thousands  of  homes  in  the 
war  zone. 


FRANCE  JS  PROUD  OF 

The  French  aviators  are  generally  admitted  to  be  the  most  brilliant  of  all  air- 
men. Thousands  of  young  men  are  being  trained  for  war  service.  At  first 
many  students  were  killed  in  accidents,  but  fatalities  of  this  kind  are  now  rare. 


HER  DARING  AIRMEN 

The  photograph  shows  a Nieuport  plane  about  to  alight  on  an  aviatior 
field  on  the  Somme  front.  Aircraft  frequently  operate  in  squadrons.  Some- 
times an  aerial  battle  will  be  participated  in  by  as  many  as  30  or  40  machines. 


BRITISH  IN  BIGGEST  BATTLE 


OFFICIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS  FROM  JAMES  II.  12 ARE,  STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE’S 


DRAGGING  MIGHTY  GUNS  TO  THE  BATTLEFIELD 
The  Battle  of  the  Somme,  which  started  July  1st  and  is  still  proceeding  methodically  with  steady 


gains  for  the  British  and  French  forces,  has  probably  surpassed  in  num 
gaged  and  in  casualties  the  Battle  of  Verdun,  and  is  therefore  entitled 
world’s  biggest  battle.  The  Allies’  success  has  been  due,  largely,  to  pow 
Many  big  guns  are  hauled  by  American  tractors  as  shown  in  the 


bers  of  men  en- 
to  be  called  the 
erful  artillery, 
photograph. 


SAFETY  BEHIND  THE  FIRING-LINE 
Corrugated  iron  is  now  being  used  to  roof  dugouts  near  the  front  along  the  Somme.  The 
iron  is  covered  deeply  with  earth  as  a protection  against  shells.  This  particular  dugout 
has  a fireplace  and  chimney.  The  British  lines  in  the  Somme  move  forward  slowly  and 
the  men  now  in  the  first  lines  are  occupying  trenches  and  dugouts  built  by  the  Germans. 
The  captured  territory  is  so  devastated  by  shell  fire  that  nothing  living  remains.  Within 
8 few  weeks  after  the  fighting  moves  on,  however,  grass  and  other  small  vegetation 
springs  up,  and  next  year  the  peasants  will  be  struggling  to  cultivate  the  land  that  was 
plowed  by  artillery. 


HANDS  UP.  GERMANS  FOLLOW  THEIR  CAPTORS 


German  prisoners  escorted  through  captured  trenches  at  Thiepval.  Until  prisoners  are  taken  out  of  the 
fire  zone  and  searched  they  are  made  to  hold  their  hands  above  their  heads.  The  fifth  man  in  line  wears 
one  of  the  new  German  steel  casques,  higher  in  the  crown  and  having  less  brim  than  the  British  modeA 


\ 


WHEN  SHELLFIRE  PLOWED  VERDUN 


FROM  DONALD  C.  THOMPSON 

STAFF  WAR  CORRESPONDENT  FOR  LESLIE 


•_  _•  -i.  _=*i  A 


MAR  FOR  SOLDIERS;  SAFETY  FOR  CIVILIANS 
When  the  Germans  had  gained  a position  within  about  six  miles  of  Verdun 
and  the  bombardment  was  at  its  fiercest  the  order  was  given  for  all  civilians 
to  leave  the  city  for  safer  regions.  The  French  soldiers  aided  the  refugees  in 
the  work  of  gathering  their  necessary  baggage  and  preparing  for  the  journey. 


LEFT  BY  THE  ROAD 
Verdun  was  a fortified  city  of  the 
first  class.  From  the  fall  of  Liege 
the  French  learned  to  replace  old 
concrete  and  steel  fortifications 
with  earthworks  and  trenches. 
The  constant  rain  of  shellfire  and 
the  bombs  from  hostile  aircraft 
have  razed  the  buildings  and  fur- 
rowed the  earth.  The  force  of  a 
shell  falling  near  them  killed  these 
drivers  of  a French  motor  truck. 


A SACRIFICE  TO  TIIE  GOD  OF  WAR 
For  some,  the  order  to  evacuate  the  city  did  not  come  soon  enough.  Each 
day  and  night  the  heavy  shells  of  the  enemy  and  the  powerful  bombs  from  the 
skies  took  their  toll  of  lives  and  homes.  From  this  pile  of  wreckage  a soldier 
is  carrying  a little  girl.  The  body  of  her  mother  has  just  been  carried  out- 


r 


AND 


UTON  MEET 


OFFICIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS  FROM  JAMES  II.  HARE,*  STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE’S 


BRINGING  BACK 
CAPTURE!)  GUNS 
British  soldiers  Hauling  a 
German  field  piece  by 
hand,  from  a captured 
position.  This  picture  was 
taken  in  High  Wood, 
France,  the  scene  of  a 
bloody  struggle  in  which 
the  Germans  were  ejected 
from  their  trenches.  Not 
many  German  guns  are  cap- 
tured, as  they  are  usually 
removed  when  an  enemy 
advance  threatens  them. 
Sometimes,  however,  field 
guns  cannot  be  withdrawn 
and  become  spoils  of  the 
victors,  as  in  this  case. 


A MINE  CRATER  50  FEET  DEEP 

The  British  exploded  a mammoth  mine  under  a German  position  in  High  Wood. 
The  crater  was  more  than  50  feet  deep  as  is  shown  by  a comparison  with  the  High- 
landers in  the  foreground.  Mines  are  extensively  used  by  both  sides.  After  one  is 
exploded  a fight  ensues  for  the  possession  of  the  crater 


JAMES  H.  HAKE 

STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE’S 


THE  UIFLE  COMES  FH.ST 

Tommy  Atkins,  just  out  of  the  first  line,  cleans  his  rifle  before  shaving 
off  his  week’s  growth  of  beard.  Like  most  of  his  comrades  he  smokes  a 
cigarette  while  at  work.  Note  that  many  of  the  men  in  these  pictures 
are  smoking. 


BUILDING  A DUGOUT 
These  men,  relieved  from  duty  on  the  firing  line,  are 
building  quarters  in  the  second-line  cantonment.  The 
perforated  object  is  a brazier  made  of  a tin  bucket. 


‘‘QUARTERED  IN  A 

That  is  the  title  the  British  War  Office  required  to  be  put  on  this  picture.  Maybe 
it  was  an  attempt  at  a British  joke.  Anyway,  the  farmhouse  is  a thing  of  the 
past,  having  been  blown  out  of  existence  by  artillery.  Against  a fragment  of  one 


FARMHOUSE 

of  the  walls  some  British  soldiers  have  built  a shack  of  corrugated  iron.  It  is  their 
only  shelter  while  they  are  on  the  second  line.  The  reserve  troops  are  usually 
billeted  in  some  town  where  they  can  sleep  in  houses,  or  at  least  in  stables. 


JUST  FROM  THE  TRENCHES 


Copyright,  1917,  by  lealle  e 


Hit’s  Not  the  ’eavy 
Marching  as  ’urts 
the  Sammies’  Feet— 
Hits  the  ’a miner, 
’a miner,  ’ainmer  on 
the  ’ard  ’ighwy 

Photographs  by  JAMES  H.  HARE 
Staff  War  Photographer 


Nearly  every  Southern  camp  and  cantonment  is  a living  epitome  of  the  perfect  union  of  the  Blue  and  the  Gray 
oethaps  the  white  blood  of  Galatea  entered  the  marble  veins  of  the  veteran  atop  Augusta’s  Confederate 
Monument  sc  that  he  might  salute  the  Keystone  columns  of  the  Seventh  Division,  marching  in  from  Camp 

Hancock. 


The  famous  hollow  square  of  the  jackics  is  taught  at  the  ( liaries- 
ton  and  all  other  Naval  Training  Stations.  Its  greatest  utility 
is  in  guarding  street  corners  during  riots.  A few  of  these  unite 
would  be  a help  in  Petrograd,  these  Bolshevik)  days. 


It  is  not  the  serried  battalion  fronts  of  a parade  that  rever- 
berate war  as  the  hob-nailed  heels  of  regiments  beat  upon  the 
pavement — it  is  the  uneven  columns  of  fours,  stomping  along 
the  roads  as  brigade  after  brigade  eventually  must  go  to  the 
fighting  front,  in  the  manner  of  these  boys  of  the  Sixth  Division 
now  tiaining  at  Camp  Wadsworth. 


OFFICIAL  PICTURES  FROM  JAMES  II.  IIAHE, 
STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE'S 


'1  HANKFUL  FOR  A LIFT 
To  the  left  is  a motor  car  that 
went  to  war  but  found  s 
stream  that  it  could  not 
negotiate  under  its  own  power. 
Six  horses  brought  it  across 
very  nicely.  Horses  are  used 
for  transport  work  where  the 
ground  is  too  rough  for  motors. 


THEIR  WuRK  IS  DONE 
Discharged  shell  cases  some- 
where near  the  Somme  battle- 
field, piled  up  preparatory  to 
being  sent  back  to  England, 
where  they  will  be  reloaded 
This  is  only  one  of  the  many 
mountains  of  empties  that 
accumulate  at  railroad  points. 


IN  A BAD  FIX 
This  locomotive  got  into  such 
difficulties  that  it  took  a whole 
company  of  soldiers  to  get  it 
out.  Such  work  usually  falls 
to  the  Royal  Engineers,  but 
the  British  “new”  army  is 
made  up  of  men  of  every 
occupation,  and  any  company 
can  carry  on  any  kind  of  work. 


x tty  m 

iL 

w* 

gjpf 

■M 

ON  THE  FIRING- 

LINE  / 
IN  FRANCE  Jm 


V//////////////MI W/////////////. 


COPYRIGHT  nvnKRWOOD  dr  UNDEM  WOOD 

WORKING  THROUGH  BARBED  WIRE 
The  most  formidable  factor  in  delensive  trench  warfare  is  the  barbed 
wire  barricade  with  which  every  foot  of  fortified  line  is  protected.  The 
photograph  shows  French  scouts  advancing  through  an  enemy  entangle- 
ment, the  man  in  advance  cutting  his  way  through  with  nippers.  This 
is  a difficult  job  at  best,  but  when  it  is  done  under  a rain  of  bullets 
nothing  worse  can  be  imagined.  To  the  left  is  a photograph  of  British 
soldiers  on  the  Somme  front,  lined  up  for  roll  call  before  being  sent 
into  the  first  line  as  a storming  party. 


MACHINE-GUNS  SPOUT  DEATH  FROM  RUINED  CHURCH 


All  that  is  left  of  the  village  church  at  Mancourt,  on  the  Somme.  The  ruins  were  used  as  a machine- 
gun  emplacement  by  the  French  after  they  took  the  position,  and  the  photograph  shows  French 
soldiers  repulsing  a German  counter  attack.  Through  the  window  two  fallen  Germans  are  seen. 


It  is  said  that  a machine-gun  and  crew  is  equal  to  a platoon  of  riflemen  in  holding  a position. 
Much  of  the  superiority  of  the  Germans  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  was  due  to  their  better  equip- 
ment of  machine-guns,  an  advantage  that  they  are  working  hard  to  maintain. 


MMBNN&J 


OMMY  CALLS 

HIS  RESTING 


OFFICIAL  PHOTOGRAPHS  FROM 

JAMES  II.  HARE 

STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE'S 


REPAIRING  A BREAK  IN  COMMUNICATIONS 
British  soldiers  in  France  after  a turn  in  the  trenches  are  sent  off  for  a 
The  pictures  on  this  page  show  some  of  their  ways  of  “resting.” 


LITTLE  REST  FOR  THESE 
The  transport  service  is  the 
hardest  worked  branch  of  the 
army  with  the  possible  exception 
of  the  Royal  Engineers.  These 
men  are  taking  cups  of  hot  soup 
while  their  horses  have  a 
breathing  spell.  Note  the  white 
fur  jackets  worn  by  the  men  over 
their  uniforms. 


THE  HOUSE  THAT  TOMMY  BUILT 
Tommy  Atkins  gets  a real  rest  after  he  has 
built  himself  a shack  like  this  one,  the 
materials  being  corrugated  metal  and  some 
odds  and  ends  of  boards.  Of  course  many 
soldiers  are  comfortably  billeted  in  houses 
when  in  reserve,  but  even  shacks  like  this 
seem  luxurious  after  a week  of  duty  in  the 
muddy  trenches. 


wan v?/"" 


DOBBIN  REQUIRES  AN  UNBELIEVABLE  AMOUNT  OF  ATTENTION 
When  a cavalry  man  or  a man  in  the  horse  transport  service  has  | possible  attention.  This  hastily  cons 

nothing  else  to  do  he  can  minister  to  the  comfort  of  his  steed.  A but  conditions  at  the  time  and  place 

horse  needs  lots  of  care,  and  the  British  army  horses  are  given  every  I Many  American  horses  are  at  the  fron 


/ 


C'  . ’ ' ..  . JMBT< 


WONDERFUL  PHOTOGRAPH 


OF  WAR’S  GREATEST  BATTLE 


’«  v V.  .v;< 

v .- 


RUSHING  THE  GERMAN 
TRENCHES 

This  remarkable  nhotograph 
was  made  by  an  aviator  or  the 
French  army  from  a height  o> 
500  feet  above  the  battlefield. 
It  shows  one  of  the  forward 
movements  of  French  troops  at 
the  Somme,  which  is  now  ad- 
mitted to  be  the  biggest  and 
bloodiest  of  all  the  battles  of  the 
Great  War.  Here,  for  the  first 
time,  we  have  a photograph  that 
shows  on  a comprehensive  scale 
the  actual  forward  movement  of 
an  attacking  party. 

The  foreground  of  the  picture 
shows  the  French  forces  which 
have  advanced  through  “ No 
Man’s  Land”  between  the  per- 
manent first  line  positions  and 
have  made  shallow  shelter 
trenches  for  themselves,  princi- 
pally by  connecting  shell  holes 
by  ditches.  At  the  moment  the 
photograph  was  taken  the  French 
troops  had  emerged  from  their 
shelter  for  the  final  rush  on  the 
German  position,  which  is  indi- 
cated by  white  lines  in  the 
extreme  background.  A little 
to  the  left  of  the  center  of  the 
picture  and  almost  at  the  top  of 
the  page  is  a file  of  four  soldiers. 
These  are  Germans  who  are 
retiring.  It  will  be  noted  that 
the  French  line  is  thin  and  the 
men  in  irregular  formation. 
This  is  the  so-called  “open 
attack.”  Machine  guns  and 
repeating  rifles  have  made  at- 
tacks in  mass  an  impossibility  in 
modem  war. 

Every  infantry  charge  is  pref- 
aced by  a terrific  artillery  fire. 
In  this  case  the  small  trees  near 
the  center  of  the  picture  have 
been  cut  down  to  mere  stumps 
by  shells  and  the  whole  surface 
of  the  earth  is  pitted  with  craters. 
Airplanes  hover  over  the  battle 
field  and  direct  the  fire  of  the 
artillery  by  wireless,  and  some- 
times even  swoop  down  and 
pour  machine  gun  fire  into  the 
enemy  trenches. 


u 


ft 

I 

I 

ft 

II 


i 


I 

It 


I 

1 


1 

b 


m 


m 


it 

ft 

1 


WAR  IN  CARPATHIAN  SNOWS 


BEEP  IN  TOE  % 
DRIFTS 

These  photographs  show 
Austro-Hungarian  troops 
in  the  heights  of  the  Car- 
pathian mountains 
where  heavy  fighting  ha? 
been  in  progress  for  more 
than  a year,  the  Rus- 
sians attempting  to  force 
their  way  through  the 
many  passes  with  vary- 
ing success.  Winter  be- 
gins in  early  October  in 
the  higher  altitudes,  and 
the  snow  is  15  feet  deep 
in  places.  Snow  shoes  or 
skiis  are  frequently  used 
by  the  troops.  The 
hardy  lives  they  lead  are 
indicated  by  the  photo- 
graph at  the  lower  right, 
which  the  German  pho- 
tographer entitled 
“Morning  Wash  in  Win- 
ter.*’ Troops  holding 
these  positions  are  sheN 
tered  in  trench  dugouts 
when  on  the  first  line  and 
billeted  in  villages  when 
in  reserve.  They  do  not 
live  in  tents,  as  do  our  sol- 
diers when  on  campaign 
service. 


WARRING  WITH  MAN  AND  NATURE 

from  DONALD  C.  THOMPSON,  staff  war  photographer  for  Leslie's 


AN  AUSTRIAN  SHELL’S  DEADLY  WORK 
Thi  high  explosive  shell  landed  in  the  Italian  barbed  wire  entanglements  in  front  of  a mountain- 
side trench.  Earth  and  shattered  rock  were  thrown  great  distances,  and  several  human  victims 
may  be  seen  in  the  foreground.  It  is  truly  said  that  in  the  Alps  campaign  the  aggressors  fight 
against  both  man  and  nature,  so  tremendous  are  the  topographical  difficulties. 


HANDLING  WOUNDED  UNDER  DIFFICULTIES 
Stretchers  are  often  lowered  down  the  sides  of  clifTs  a hundred  or  more  feet  high.  Soldiers 
wounded  in  the  more  remote  parts  of  Italy’s  mountain  line  are  frequently  several  days  in  reaching 
arailroad.  In  some  places  they  are  transported  across  impassable  ravines  in  aerial  cars,  suspended 

from  cables. 


TRENCH  MAKING  HERE  IS  HARD  WORK 
This  photograph  is  from  a mountain  side  on  the  Trieste  front  and  shows  a party  of  soldiers  digging 
themselves  in-  after  taking  a-  position  from  the  Austrians.  The  ground  is  so  rocky  that  entrenching 
a labor  of  almost  incredible  hardship. 


A TAUBE  ON  THE  WING 
Germany  has  many  designs  of  heavier-than-air  flying  t| 

machines,  but  the  Taube  (dove)  is  the  favorite.  At  the  k 

Lubeck  school  hundreds  of  young  soldiers  were  trained  £ 
in  aviation  both  for  the  army  and  the  navy.  All  German  || 
aeroplanes  are  marked  by  the  maltese  cross,  as  shown  in  f/ 
this  photograph. 


b&f&Ki 


GERMANY’S 
FLYING  SCHOOL 

PHOTOGRAPHS  COPYRIGHT  BY  BROWN  & DAWSON 


HEBE  IS  THE  ORIGINAL  AIR-DOG 
The  students  at  the  great  aviation  school  at  Lubeck,  Germany,  made  a pet 
of  an  English  bulldog  and  taught  him  to  go  up  in  aeroplanes  as  a passenger. 
He  was  fitted  with  a knitted  jacket  to  keep  him  warm. 


PREPARING 
FOR  A FLIGHT 

This  biplane  is  a 
school  machine, 
but  closely  approx- 
imates the  type 
used  at  the  front. 
When  these  photo- 
graphs were  made 
the  photographer 
was  especially  cau- 
tioned not  to  men- 
tion the  location  of 
the  school,  but  the 
censor  forgot  that 
the  name  of  the 
city  appeared 
prominently  o n 
some  of  the  hang- 
ars. These  are  said 
to  be  the  only 
photographs  of  this 
school  which  have 
been  permitted  to 
go  out  of  Germany. 


A. 


.^^Jrr-^-Tl.TOT^^ni_nTT-rnr|1|1riTlr|rT[T.(f|r|rt.  WM|Tmr|.|nri||Trf|n||1|r[f|  n , - -|(|  uminMufiij  H1Wh|i|  | ))||  >1  IHHi  I I 

VOLUNTEERS  FROM  TOE  BEST  FAMILIES  OF  GERMANY 


All  German  aviators  are  volunteers,  and  despite  the  fact  that  the  air  service  is  the 
most  perilous  of  all,  the  youth  of  the  best  families  are  eager  to  get  into  it.  When 
8 young  man  approaches  the  age  at  which  he  would  be  drawn  into  the  army  he 
bends  every  effort  to  get  assigned  to  the  aviation  branch.  The  training  is  rigorous. 


and  no  man  is  sent  to  the  fighting  line  until  he  has  passed  exhaustive  tests  in  handling 
various  styles  of  machines.  Captain  Boelke,  who  was  killed  in  an  air  duel,  was  the 
hero  of  the  German  aviation  corps,  having  destroyed  about  40  Allied  machines  on 
the  Western  front  before  being  sent  crashing  to  earth  by  a young  British  aviator 


BRYANIZED  HOWITZERS 
In  the  dim  past  one  William  J.  Bryan  said  that  if  war  came  a million  men  would 
spring  to  arms  overnight,  so  why  worry?  America  didn’t  worry.  The  war  came, 
and  a million  men  sprang  to  arms.  Here  is  one  of  the  “overnight”  howitzers, 
one  of  the  arms  to  which  they  sprang.  Our  soldiers  have  an  unlimited  number 
of  these  guns.  They  are  fairly  simple  to  manufacture  and  operate. 


LEARNING  THE  WAY  TO  USE  A GUN  BUTT 
The  modern  infantryman  handles  his  rifle  with  the  ease  of  a drum-major  on  parade.  Time  was 
when  the  butt  was  used  as  a clumsy  club  and  the  bayonet  was  only  a knife  on  a stick,  but  the 
dever  drill-master  has  worked  out  an  intricate  manual  that  gives  the  trained  soldier  many  ways 

of  fencing  with  his  weapon. 


Hard  Work  for  the 

National  Guard 

Exclusive  Pictures  bv  JAMES  H.  HARE.  Staff  War  Photographer 


ENGINEERS  BUILD- 
ING A SNAKE  ROAD 
The  devastating  effect 
of  shell  fire  in  modern 
warfare  has  thrown 
greater  responsibility  on 
the  Engineers’  Corps 
than  ever  before  and 
officers  and  men  are 
among  the  hardest- 
worked  soldiers  in  an 
army.  The  company 
above  is  throwing  a 
bridge  across  a stream  to 
allow  the  artillery  and 
baggage  train  to  cross. 
This  is  not  a light,  tem- 
porary bridge  but  a well- 
timbered  structure  built 
to  stand  the  wear  which 
a military  road  receives. 


FIRST-AID 

INSTRUCTION 

While  much  of  the  dem- 
onstration work  in  first 
aid  is  done  on  perfectly 
healthy  and  un- 
scratched “subjects,” 
the  average  concentra- 
tion camp  produces 
many  minor  injury  cases 
that  give  surgeons  full 
opportunity  to  demon- 
strate what  to  do  and 
how  to  do  it.  This  and 
other  pictures  on  this 
page  were  taken  at 
Camp  Sevier,  made  up 
o f Guardsmen  from 
Tennessee  and  the  Caro- 
linas. 


STRAIGHTENING  A MOUNTAIN  ROAD 
Here  the  Engineering  Corps  is  cutting  off  an  unnecessary  detour. 
The  shortest  distance  between  two  points  being  a straight  line,  the 
army  engineer  endeavors  to  stick  to  this  law  as  far  as  is  possible. 


~r. 

■ M iatigs 


. ..w'  . • .'. 


, i «.,m  nimw 


"...in 


•••  ■mt-w-i 


. -v-^ULuM 


^ /»•  • Ak 

■ llg 

1 i&fr&M 
* JUrrn*, 

i * 

by  F.  W.  ZINN 


PICTURES  AND  CAPTIONS  ARE  PROM  A SOLDIER 
WHO  WAS  AT  THE  FRENCH  FRONT  FROM  1914 
UNTIL  HE  WAS  PROMOTED  TO  BE  AN  AVIATION 
ST UDENT 


CAPTURED  IN  THE  BATTLE  OF  THE  MARNE 
Their  health  has  not  suffered  in  the  20  months  they  have  spent  in  France. 
They  have  been  housed  in  good,  clean  barracks  and  have  been  well  fed.  They 
get  the  regular  peace-time  army  ration  of  meat,  bread,  soup,  and  vegetables. 
While,  from  the  American  standpoint,  it  may  seem  to  lack  variety,  it  is  sufficient 
in  regard  to  quality  and  quantity — being  the  same  that  all  European  troops  are 
accustomed  to  during  their  military  service.  The  French  government  supplies 
its  prisoners  of  war  with  tobacco,  and  gives  them  the  regular  army  pay  so  they  are 
able  to  buy  most  of  the  standard  luxuries  from  their  camp  canteen. 


THROUGH  THE  COMMUNICATION  TRENCH 

As  soon  as  a batch  of  prisoners  are  taken  they  are  rushed  across  the  open  space  and,  with  a wounded  or 
Red  Cross  man  to  guide  them,  they  are  turned  loose  in  the  communication  trench  that  leads  to  the  rear. 
They  need  no  guards  to  hurry  them  along,  for  once  men  have  thrown  down  their  arms  all  courage  seems 
to  leave  them.  Self-preservation  is  their  only  instinct.  All  that  they  want  is  to  get  back  out  of  range  of  their 
own  guns.  They  never  even  think  of  trying  to  escape. 


QUESTIONING 

PRISONERS 

In  other  wars  the  prisoners 
taken  were  always  considered 
important  sources  of  informa- 
tion but  now,  due  to  the  recon- 
naissances of  the  aviators  and 
to  the  work  of  well-organized 
secret  agents,  the  prisoners  can 
seldom  tell  anything  that  is 
not  already  known.  The  in- 
telligence officer  who  does  the 
questioning  does  not,  as  a rule, 
waste  his  time  trying  to  get 
unusual  information  out  of  a 
prisoner;  he  asks  only  a few 
simple  questions  about  the 
man’s  regiment — where  he 
came  from,  what  he  has  been 
doing,  and  so  on.  By  itself 
the  information  from  an  indi- 
vidual has  no  value,  but  by 
piecing  together  all  that  is 
obtained  from  a few  hundred 
prisoners  the  General  Staff  can 
make  certain  uses  of  it. 


EN  ROUTE  FOR 

Once  back  out  of  range  of  the  guns  the  prisoners  are  col- 
lected by  the  old  Territorials  and  are  giVen  food  and  water 
and  an  opportunity  to  rest.  The  chances  are  that  for  the 
week  preceding  the  attack  most  of  their  supplies  have  been 
cut  off  by  the  bombardment  and  they  are  terribly  tired  and 


THE  INTERIOR 

thirsty  and  are  ravenously  hungry.  As  soon  as  their  needs 
have  been  supplied  and  they  have  sufficiently  rested  they  are 
formed  up  “column  fours”  and  march  to  the  nearest  rail-head 
where  trains  are  waiting  to  take  them  into  interior  distribut- 
ing camps. 


t 


BRINGING  IN  THEIR 
WOUNDED 

German  prisoners,  under  the 
escort  of  a French  Red  Cros3 
man,  taking  one  of  their  com- 
rades to  the  hospital.  They 
often  also  pick  up  and  bring 
back  our  wounded.  Their  rea- 
son is  probably  because  they 
are  afraid  that  they  may  be 
mistaken  for  an  attacking 
force  and  they  want  to  show 
their  good  faith.  In  the  case 
of  the  Bavarians  and  Saxon3 
it  may  be  partly  a humanita- 
rian instinct  that  prompts 
them. 


UNG  AIRCRAFT 


PIECE 

REVERSED 


PIVOT  J 


P^vl 


SINGLE  jSCJ 


mmm mm. 


•2  900  HI?.  DIESEL  MOTORS, 
GIVING  A SURFACE  SPEED  OF 
17  KNOTS , & A RADIUS  OF 
ACTION  OF  5000  KTS. 
IJP.jELECTRIC  MOTORS. OrVING 
iERGED  SPEED  OF  12  KTS , «.  A 


TROUBLE  - MAKING  SUBMARINE 


GUN  LYING  IN  RECESS  IN  DECK.  GUN 


D * RHCESS  CLOSED  GUN  IN  ACTJO) 


THE  GUN  CAN  BE 
RAISED  AND  FIRST 
SHOT  FIRED  IN  20 
SECONDS 


Submarines  are  now  equipped  with  folding  deck  guns,  and  frequently  destroy  their  prey  by  shell  fire,  which  is  cheaper 
than  torpedoing.  The  first  cut  to  the  left  shows  the  gun  folded  under  deck,  the  second  its  position  as  it  emerges; 
in  the  third  it  is  trained  for  action  against  a ship,  and  in  the  fourth  it  is  employed  as  an  anti-aircraft  weapon. 


r 3 '.'ARMOUR 


H-UPPER  DECK  ISO’ 

! ■ t I ]. 

ORPEob  irUBE  STARS . B0W 

I 1 

[RES-k  |3"GU | 


----- 


- 


/*5r / ~ 

^ACCOMODATION 
OR  CREW  OF  30 , 
SUITABLE  FOB  LONG 
VOYAGES 


j:  DISPLACEMENT  lOOO  TONS 


THE  EVOLUTION 

The  small  boat  in  the  upper  left-hand  corner  is  the  submarine  of  15  years  ago. 
Th»,  large  one  is  the  submarine  of  last  year.  It  is  known  that  the  super-sub- 
marines  of  Germany  are  a distinct  advance  over  this  type,  but  details  are  neces- 
sarily kept  secret.  The  cruising  radius  of  the  submarine  is  its  most  important 
factor.  Germany  is  now  credited  with  having  under-sea'  boats  that  can  remoin 
away  from  port  for  a month.  In  this  respect,  as  in  many  others,  the  Germans 


OP  THE  SUBMARINE 

have  distanced  their  competitors  in  submarine  building.  From  the  beginning 
of  the  war  they  have  plaoed  great  dependence  on  this  type  of  boat.  Results,  thus 
far,  it  is  held  by  neutral  experts,  have  not  justified  the  high  expectations  of  the 
submarine’s  effectiveness  against  fighting  vessels,  and  it  is  unable  to  raid  com- 
merce and  comply  with  the  rules  of  war  at  sea.  This  inability  was  the  cause  of  our 
trouble  with  Germany,  which  resulted  in  breaking  off  diplomatic  relations. 


At  the  Top  o’  the 
World 

Italy' s Armies  Guard  the  Mountain-tops 

Exclusive  Italian  Official  Photographs 


Before  the  enemy  can  be 
reached  the  snows  must  be 
conquered.  Through  these 
great  drifts  the  men  must 
tunnel  and  burrow  and  plough 
in  order  to  advance  and  to  keep 
their  lines  of  communications 
open. 

On  the  right  we  see  the  men 
working  on  a military  road  to 
keep  the  way  clear  for  the  pas- 
sage of  men  and  supplies  and 
also  for  the  heavy  guns  which, 
despite  the  terrible  physical 
difficulties,  must  be  brought 
up  to  the  front.  Far  up  the 
snow-filled  valley  the  figures  of 
the  men  can  be  seen.  If  they 
should  fail  in  their  work  no 
strategy  could  save  the  fighters 


•H,. . * f,,  ' • 


WONDERFUL  AERIAL  PICTURE  OF  FORT  DOUAUMONT  SHELL  HOLES  AND  TRENCHES 


This  picture  was  made  just  before  the  French  attack  upon  Fort  Douaumont 
on  May  23d.  The  fort  was  taken  by  the  Germans  on  February  24th.  The  fort 
is  the  six-sided  object  at  the  extreme  left.  The  small  lines  running  through  the 
greater  p<art  of  the  picture  are  trenches,  and  the  pitted  marks  are  shell  holes, 
each  from  five  to  twenty  feet  deep.  The  irregular  formation  of  the  trenches  is 
well  indicated  by  this  picture  and  some  idee  of  the  intensity  of  modern  bombard- 


ment is  given  by  the  innumerable  shell  holes.  It  must  be  borne  in  mind,  too, 
that  many  more  shell  holes  have  been  obliterated  by  successive  explosions  than 
are  shown  in  the  picture.  Preparatory  to  the  great  British  advance  on  the 
Somme  it  is  reported  that  the  British  and  French  guns  hurled  more  than  1,000,000 
shells  a day  for  five  successive  days.  This  is  said  to  surpass  in  intensitv  the  Ger- 
man bombardment  of  Verdun,  which  constituted  a new  record  in  artillery  fire 


AVIATION  CAMP 
NEAR  VERDUN 
This  wonderful  photo- 
graph was  made  from  an 
aeroplane  1,500  feet  above 
the  earth  in  the  rear  of  the 
French  position  at  Ver- 
dun. In  the  middle  ground 
are  aeroplanes,  and  just 
back  of  them  the  canvas- 
covered  hangars  where  the 
’planes  are  kept  when  not 
in  use.  Still  farther  back, 
in  the  upper  left-hand 
comer  of  the  picture,  arc 
motor  trucks  drawn  up  in 
a long  row.  The  oval  and 
rectangular  white  objects 
are  tents.  Running  diag- 
onally across  the  picture 
from  bottom  to  top  is  a 
broad,  paved  highway, 
from  which  a couple  of 
wagon  trails  run  off 
through  the  fields  to  the 
right.  So  clear  is  the  pic- 
ture that  here  and  there 
the  figure  of  a man  may  be 
descried  against  the  whitf 
of  the  road. 


^lllllll!lllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllll!IIII|||||||||||!i;il!!!||||||l!lll|||||||||l|||||||||||||||||i||^ 


4]||||»lllllllllllllilllllllllllllli 


iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin 

THE  AMERICAN  | 

ARMY  AND  NAVY 

4k  41k  ^Bk  W ^flBB  ^Hk  ■uiuimiuiiiiiHiuiiHmiiimiHijiiimiimiiiiHiiiimMiiii  4k  ^B  Bik  ^Hk  4ik 


''i{!l!!:!!l!!!lllll!llltllll!ll!lll!lll!lll!l|l||[|||l!lll!!llllillllll|lllllt!ll!llll!lllll!!llllll]||lll!llllllllllllll!lll!t!lll!l!l!ll!lll!ll!llllll1lll!l!lllll!H1lll!!lll  ll!lll!!ll!llllllllllllll!llll!llll!IIIIIIIH"  l!!llll!IIIIIIIM!U!lll!lllll!lllllll!llllllllll!!lllllllllllllllllllllllllj!llll»IIM Mill IIIIMliEf 


OUR  COUNTRY 


Now  party  lines  are  swept  away, 
And  petty  feuds  put  by, 

And  every  eye  is  fixed  upon 
Our  banner  in  the  sky. 

From  Oyster  Bay  to  Oregon, 
From  Florida  to  Maine, 

The  nation  rises  up  as  one 
And  shouts  the  proud  refrain, 
“Our  Country! ’’ 


The  alien  who  beneath  the  stars 
And  stripes  has  sought  and  found 
Protection  and  the  home  denied 
Where  monarchies  abound, 

No  matter  in  what  distant  land 
He  first  beheld  the  light. 

In  turn  protects  Old  Glory  now, 
And  cries  with  all  his  might: 
“Our  Country!” 


In  peace  or  war,  from  coast  to  coast 
A living  bulwark  stands, 

A solid  wall  of  loyal  hearts 
And  ever-ready  hands. 

Americans  of  every  race 
And  color,  cult  and  creed 
Unite  for  it,  and  fight  for  it, 

And  die  for  it  if  need, 

Our  Country. 


— Minna  Irving 


OUTBURST  OF  PATRIOTIC  FERVOR  FLINGS  BANNERS  TO  TUE  BREEZE 


President  Wilson’s  action  in  breaking  diplomatic  relations  with  Germany  had  the  effect  of  stim 
ulating  latent  patriotism  to)  visible  activity,  and  throughout  the  country  in  village,  town 
and  city,  patriotic  citizens  hung  out  the  national  emblem  in  token  of  their  support  of  the  gov- 
ernment in  its  assertion  of  American  rights.  This  view  shows  how  Broadway  near  Forty-second 


Street,  New  York  City,  was  decorated  with  flags.  The  skyscraper  surmounted  by  the  flag  is  the 
Times  Building.  Just  beyond  it  is  the  Hotel  Astor,  also  flying  the  Stars  and  Stripes.  Practical 
demonstrations  of  patriotism  were  given  by  the  thousands  of  men  and  women  who  started  a. 
Dnce  to  organize  for  war  activities. 


THE 


i 


WHEN  PLUMY  VISITED  JAPAN 


This  United  States  ensign  was  used  by  Commodore 
M.  C.  Perry  in  1853.  At  the  time  of  Commodore 
Perry’s  interview  with  Japanese  officials  to  discuss 
the  question  of  opening  the  ports  of  Japan  to  the 
world  this  flag  was  hoisted  on  Japanese  soil 


WAIE  UP,  COLUMBIA  I 

(A  MARCHING  SONG) 

iu  MAURICE  SWITZER 

Let  the  bugles  ring,  Columbia,  unsheath  your  mighty 
sword ! 

Across  the  blue  Atlantic  waits  a great  embattled  horde. 
An  alien  foe  affronts  you  and  his  proud,  defiant  knights, 
Have  scoffed  at  your  traditions  and  have  trampled  on 
your  rights. 


CHORUS 

Wake  up!  arise , Columbia,  fling  your  banner  to  the  skies! 
For  Liberty  is  fettered  and  the  pinioned  Eagle  cries! 

Show  the  Nations , proud  Columbia , that  the  spirit  moves 
you  still , 

That  led  us  on  at  Concord  and  prevailed  at  Bunker  Hill! 


AKM0T  . *G 


JACK  OF  THE  BATTLESHIP  MAINE 

This  flag  was  r scued  from  the  Maine  after  the  ill- 
fated  ship  was  blown  up  in  Havana  Harbor. 


TWO 

Then  sound  the  charge,  Columbia,  and  with  mighty 
thrust  of  steel, 

Do  your  bit  to  lift  from  Europe  the  oppressor’s  iron  heel ! 
Raise  the  Flag  on  ev’ry  rampart,  let  it  flutter  o’er  the 
sea, 

Plant  Old  Glory  in  the  trenches  as  the  emblem  of  the 
Free! 


CHORUS : 

Wake  up!  arise,  Columbia,  etc.,  etc. 


When  John  Paul  Jones  fought  and  captured  the 
Serapis  in  1779  this  flag  flew  from  the  masthead 
of  his  ship.  When  the  Bon  Homme  Richard  sank 
he  transferred  the  flag  to  tne  Alliance 


THREE 

Let  them  write  us  down  as  cow  ards  with  souls  forever 
lost, 

When  we  fail  to  rise  for  Freedom  nor  stop  to  count  the 
cost; 

We’ll  march  with  Tommy  Atkins  and  we’ll  liquidate  the 
debt, 

Too  long  already  owed  to  France,  who  sent  us  Lafayette! 

CHORUS ’ 

Wake,  up!  arise , Columbia,  etc  , etc. 


PERRY’S  FLAG  AT  LAKE  ERIE 

“Don't  Give  Up  the  Ship”  flew  at  the  masthead  of 
Commodore  O.  C.  Perry’s  flagship,  the  Lawrence  as  a 
signal  for  action  to  begin  when  the  Americans  at- 
tacked the  British  on  Lake  Erie  in  1813.  The  words 
were  uttered  by  the  dying  Lawrence  while  being  car 
ried  below  in  the  action  between  the  Chesapeake 
and  Shannon  fought  several  months  before  the  bat- 
tle of  Lake  Erie. 


THE  FLAG  OF  THE  “BON  HOMME  RICH  ARID*  * 


IN  these  stirring  times,  when  everywhere  the 
emblem  of  American  liberty  greets  the 
eye,  when  individuals  mark  a calm  patriotism 
by  displaying  the  emblem  in  miniature  on 
their  breasts,  how  many  of  us,  who,  in  rever- 
ence turn  to  the  flag  as  our  protection,  know 
its  origin,  its  history  and  its  changes,  fraught 
with  as  much  interest  as  any  other  part  of 
our  thrilling  national  history? 

The  origin  of  the  Stars  and  Stripes  as  o r 
national  emblem  is  shrouded  in  doubt.  While 
the  early  colonies  displayed  many  and  various 
colored  emblems,  it  is  understood  that  at 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  on  January  2nd,  1776, 
Washington  displayed  a flag  consisting  of 
thirteen  stripes  of  red  and  white,  with  the 
union  jack  in  place  of  the  stars,  the  stripes 
being  emblematic  of  the  union  of  the  thirteen 
colonies  against  British  oppression.  Where 
and  when  the  bb  e field  and  white  stars 
originated  is  a matter  of  conjecture.  Perhaps 
the  majority  of  authorities  consider  the 
design  to  have  been  suggested  by  the  coat  of 
arms  of  the  Washington  family,  which  con- 
tains both  the  stars  and  stripes. 

It  may  be  surprising  to  know  that  the 
American  flag  is  among  the  oldest  flags  of  the 
nations,  being  older  than  the  present  British 
jack,  the  French  tricolor,  the  flag  of  Spain 
and  many  years  older  than  the  national 
emblems  of  Germany  and  Italy  Naturally, 
in  an  unformed  country,  previous  to  the  days 
of  national  unity,  there  were  many  forms  of 
flags  used  by  the  individual  colonies  and 
various  military  bodies.  It  was  not  until 
1777  that  a national  emblem  was  adopted  by 
the  Continental  Congress,  on  June  14th, 
now  celebrated  throughout  the  country  as 
Flag  Day.  Most  of  us  know  that  the  resolu- 
tion then  adopted  stated:  ‘That  the  flag  of 

the  thirteen  United  States  be  thirteen  stripes, 
alternate  red  and  white;  that  the  union  be 
thirteen  stars,  white  in  a blue  field,  repre- 
senting a new  constellation,”  but  did  not 
define  how  many  points  the  stars  should  have, 
how  they  should  be  grouped,  nor  did  it  make 
any  provision  for  additional  stars. 


Handy 


THE  ORIGNAL  “STAR  SPANGLED  BANNER** 

During  the  British  attack  on  Baltimore  in  1814  this  flag  flew  from  the  ramparts  of  Fort 
McHenry  and  inspired  Francis  Scott  Key  who  was  detained  on  board  a British  ship,  to 
write  the  song  which  has  come  to  be  known  as  the  national  anthem.  Originally  this  flag 
was  32  by  29  feet  in  size.  Congress  decreed  in  1794  that  the  flag  should  have  fifteen  stars 
and  fifteen  stripes  and  the  fifteen  striped  flag  was  used  for  over  twenty  years. 


It  has  been  generally  accepted  that  the 
American  emblem  ha*  always  retained  the 
general  formation  of  the  original  flag  adopted 
by  the  Continental  Congress,  but  a series 
of  flags  in  the  National  Museum  shows  very 
well  the  periodic  changes  which  have  taken 
place.  From  the  time  of  the  Revolution  the 
stars  and  stripes  have  varied  in  number. 
After  the  admission  of  Vermont  and  Kentucky 
into  the  Union  in  1792  and  1794,  Congress 
enacted  ‘‘That  from  and  after  the  first  day  of 
May,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety- 
five,  the  flag  of  the  United  States  be  fifteen 
stripes  alternate  red  and  white;  that  the 
union  be  fifteen  stars,  white  in  a blue  field;” 
the  intention  apparently  being  to  add  a 
stripe  as  well  as  a star  for  each  new  State 
admitted. 

The  inadvisability  of  this  plan  was  apparent 
in  a few  years,  for  in  1818,  when  the  number 
of  States  had  increased  to  twenty',  Congress 
passed  a new  resolution  to  the  effect  that  the 
number  of  stripes  be  reduced  to  thirteen,  to 
typify  the  original  thirteen  states  and  that 
the  number  of  stars  be  increased  to  twenty 
and  that  ‘‘on  the  admission  of  every  new 
state  into  the  Union,  one  star  be  added  to  the 
union  of  the  flag,  and  that  such  addition  shall 
take  effect  on  the  Fourth  of  July  next  succeed- 
ing such  admission.”  We  are  glad  that 
Congress  enacted  this  resolution,  for  by  it  a 
lasting  tribute  is  paid  in  the  flag  to  the 
thirteen  original  States,  by  whose  sacrifices 
this  great  country  has  been  mr.ae  possible, 
without  in  any  way  lessening  the  tribute  paid 
to  each  new  State  as  it  joins  the  constellation. 

This  re-arrangement  of  the  stars  after  the 
admission  of  each  state  has  given  us  a different 
flag  in  each  war  in  which  we  have  engaged. 
There  were  13  stars  during  the  Revolution, 
15  in  the  war  of  1812  (with  15  stripes),  29 
stars  in  the  Mexican  War,  33-35  in  the  Civil 
War,  45  in  the  Spanish;  48  today'. 


> as 

I s 

. =■'! 
" © 05 

§ s 2 » 

a Ji  XJ  *n 

ts  I 

a X “ j, 

£ H •-,  js 
o Q.H 

o c»  • 

O 3 V)  Si 
- &)  U 

^ r:  « a 

£ -s  •» 

e ; S ■ 

5 s ^ c 

c u «.  O 

£ a -5  " 
a c S 
E a 5 « 

o « ^ o> 

u *J  to 

a>  C aj 

S 3 U O 

ffl  P 


|1I 

to  a 7 
c 2 vo 
u a ^ 


CO  ^ 
1 


« js|J 

i>  •- 

S 5 -c  "o 

P £ M S 

H 3 «:  a 


Training  the 
National 
Army 

Photographs  by  JAMES  H.  HARE 
Staff  War  Photographer 


Although  one  may  not  win  a commission  by  ability  to  roll  up  blankets, 
officers  must  be  able  to  explain  the  knack  to  fresh  recruits.  They 
merely  have  to  learn  to  fold  the  blanket  once  across  its  shortest  dimen- 
sion, and  then  twice  across  its  longest  dimension,  and  then  roll  it. 


In  Camp  Jackson  so  many  new  recruits  have  been  enrolled  that  the  supply  of  khaki  has  given  out,  and  the 
new  soldiers  have  to  be  drilled  in  their  simple  dimities.  In  many  of  the  camps  there  is  plenty  of  khaki,  but 
no  privates.  At  Camp  Doniphan,  Okla.,  recently  there  was  only  one  private  to  one  brigadier  general, 
one  colonel,  six  majors  and  one  hundred  captains;  and  a colonel  talked  seriously  of  hiring  a private. 


Now  and  then  an  American  is  found  even  in  the  army — an  Aboriginal 
American,  that  is.  These  40  Croatan  Indians  are  learning  at  Camp 
Jackson  how  to  handle  a rifle  as  well  as  their  ancestors  did  the  useful 
tomahawk.  The  Croatans  (about  6000  of  them)  were  recently  recog- 
nized as  descendants  of  the  Croatan  Indians  Sir  Walter  Raleigh 
found  living  on  an  island  off  the  coast  of  what  is  now  North  Carolina. 


The  men  at  Camp  Jackson,  Columbia,  South  Carolina,  are  down  in 
the  books  for  $452,000  worth  of  Liberty  bonds — a per  capita  sub- 
scription of  $29.91 — which  showing  permits  them  to  drill  in  the  shade 
of  the  Liberty  Loan  Indicator  with  the  free  conscience  essential  to 
army  training.  Reports  to  the  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  reveal 
that  the  army  in  all  has  subscribed  $45,000,000  to  the  Liberty  Loan. 


(v  s;  • , 


Wooden  horses  do  not  intimidate  the  recruits.  Nervous  artillery 
drivers  can  learn  the  proper  method  of  standing  to  horse,  holding 
the  reins,  mounting  and  dismounting,  and  of  executing  many  of  the 
mounted  exercises,  without  ruining  the  few  horses  that  maybe  are 
to  be  found.  They  save  the  horses,  too,  much  rough  pulling  around 
the  mouth,  and  keep  them  for  the  more  advanced  instruction  with 
_ harness  and  draft,  and  with  equitation — whatever  that  is. 


GUARDIANS  OF  OUR  ISLANDS 

PHOTOGRAPHS  BT  H.  H.  GORDON 


A MORTAR  WITH 
A RECORD 

One  of  the  12-inch 
high-angle  guns  in 
the  fortifications  of 
Oahu.  It  has  a 
range  of  15  miles 
and  recently  made  a 
new  record  at  target 
practice  by  scoring 
20  hits  out  of  25 
shots.  Mortars  have 
a high  trajectory 
and  are  particularly 
effective  in  dealing 
with  warships  be- 
cause their  projectiles 
are  more  likely  to 
penetrate  unpro- 
tected decks  than  are 
those  from  flat- 
trajectory  guns. 


WAITING  FOR 
THE  WORD 

One  of  the  14-inch 
guns  at  Fort  Kame- 
hameha,  island  of 
Oahu,  Hawaii, 
charged  and  ready  to 
be  fired.  This  was 
landed  in  1913. 
Its  trials  have  shown 
it  to  be  a first-class 
weapon.  Hawaii  is 
the  most  strongly 
fortified  of  our  island 
possessions.  It  has 
many  natural  ad- 
vantages for  defen- 
sive projects  and  is 
of  great  strategic 
value. 


A MOUTHFUL  FOR  A 
TWELVE-INCH 
RIFLE 

Gun  crew  at  Fort  Ruger,  near 
Honolulu,  rushing  a 12-inch 
shell  to  the  gun  which  has 
just  been  discharged,  as  is 
shown  by  the  smoke  pouring 
out  of  the  open  breech.  These 
shells  are  brought  up  from  the 
magazine  on  little  trucks 
which  are  just  the  right  height 
to  place  the  point  of  the  shell 
in  the  open  breech  of  the  gun. 
This  gun  has  made  12  hits  in 
12  shots.  A well-trained  crew 
can  fire  these  monster  guns 
with  surprising  rapidity,  but 
it  takes  at  least  two  years  to 
make  a good  gunner  out  of  a 
recruit 


A STORE-ROOM  FILLED  WITH  MINES 
These  are  designed  to  be  sunk  to  a previously  determined  depth  in  the  entrances 
to  harbors,  and  are  kept  there  by  anchor  weights.  They  explode  by  contact  with 
the  hulls  of  ships,  and  constitute  a very  effective  harbor  defense. 


TWIN 

DEFENDERS 


A pair  of  14-inch 
mortars  at  Diamond 
Head,  Oahu.  One  of 
these  guns  has  a 
record  of  five  hits  out 
of  five  shots.  When 
at  target  practice 
they  are  heard  all 
over  the  island. 


FIELD  ARTILLERY  IN  MANEUVERS  IN  HAWAII 


A battery  holding  back  two  regiments  of  infantry  in  an  attack  on  Diamond  1 as  nearly  as  possible,  and  the  officers  learn  much  about  the  best  methods  of 

Hand.  In  these  war  games  the  actual  conditions  of  warfare  are  reproduced  I attack  and  defense.  Fort  Ruger  is  situated  at  Diamond  Head. 


SEA  WASPS : 


A NEW  N AVAIL  FORCE 


A SWARM  OF  SEA  WASPS  T 

The  United  States  government,  recognizing  the  value  of  the  sea  wasp  as  a means  of  keeping 
open  the  transatlantic  lanes  and  to  protect  our  own  coasts  against  submarine  attack,  has  ordered 
that  sixty  fast  “chasers”  be  built  at  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard.  Orders  for  200  or  more  are  to 
be  placed  with  those  American  concerns  which  can  supply  them  quickest.  These  boats  are  to 
be  110  feet  long,  will  have  a speed  of  25  to  35  miles  an  hour  and  are  to  be  manned  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Naval  Militia  and  the  enlisted  men’s  volunteer  reserve  corps.  The  boats  are  to 
be  paid  for  out  of  the  $115,000,000  emergency  fund  appropriated  by  Congress.  England’s 
first  order  was  for  550  of  these  ships,  at  $40,000  each,  a total  of  $22,000,000.  The  order 
was  turned  out  in  just  500  days,  boats  being  delivered  at  the  rate  of  three  per  day,  when  once 
work  was  under  way.  End  to  end  the  500  boats  would  reach  eight  miles,  a third  of  the 
way  across  the  English  Channel.  The  boats  are  used  for  patrol  duty  in  the  English  Channel 
and  North  Sea,  often  being  used  with  airplanes.  When  an  aviator  discovers  a U-boat  he  drops 
a smoke  bomb  above  it  and  all  the  sea-wasps  within  sight  head  for  the  spot.  A submarine  can 
submerge  in  a few  minutes;  if  it  has  disappeared  before  the  chasers  get  to  it,  they  sweep  the  sea 
for  a radius  of  ten  miles  around  the  spot.  At  the  end  of  an  hour  they  extend  their  radius  to 
20  miles  and  at  the  first  appearance  of  the  submarine  the  three-inch  gun  is  brought  into  use* 
The  submarine  chasers  can  stay  at  sea  for  ten  days  without  returning  for  fuel  or  other  supplies* 


A RACE  WITH  AN  IMAGINARY  U-BOAT  t,0,tT 

2 very  boat  is  tnoroughly  tested  before  it  is  delivered  to  make  sure  that  in  an  emergency  its 
meed  will  not  fall  below  that  of  its  submarine  prey.  When  every  test  has  been  met,  the  giant 
«rane,  seen  in  the  background  of  the  picture  at  the  right,  loads  the  boats  on  board  ships  for 
transportation  to  England,  where  each  is  equipped  with  a three-inch  gun,  mounted  on  the 
forward  deck.  Except  for  the  gun,  the  boats  are  entirely  complete  when  shipped. 


LECKY 

SPEEDING  UP  SHIP- 
BUILDING 

The  unusual  nature  of  submarine 
warfare  called  for  an  unusual 
remedy  and  Yankee  genius 
supplied  it.  Up  on  the  banks  of 
the  St.  Lawrence  River  an 
American  concern  is  manufac- 
turing— not  “building”  — sea- 
wasps  or  submarine  chasers. 
England  asfced  for  “the  biggest 
boat  with  the  greatest  speed  that 
could  be  built  in  the  shortest 
time”  and  the  boat  that  met 
these  demands  is  now  being 
turned  out  at  the  rate  of  three  a 
day.  Each  one  is  80  feet  long, 
has  a 12  foot  beam  and  a draught 
of  four  and  one-half  feet — too 
shallow  to  meet  mines  or  tor- 
pedoes. Each  has  a 500-horse 
power  engine,  storage  room  for 
2100  gallons  of  fuel,  sufficient 
for  a cruise  of  700  miles  at  a 
speed  of  22  miles  per  hour  or 
1500  miles  at  12  miles  per  hour. 
They  can  turn  in  their  own 
length.  The  maximum  speed 
of  a submarine  is  18  miles,  on 
the  surface,  using  its  engines,  or 
10  miles  submerged,  using  its 
motors.  Each  sea-wasp  has 
comfortable  quarters  for  ten 
men.  Every  boat  in  this  picture 
is  in  the  same  stage  of  comple- 
tion. Standardization  of  parts 
and  division  of  labor  has  sys- 
tematized the  production  of 
these  boats,  cut  the  manufactur- 
ing cost  and  raised  the  output 
to  the  maximum. 


WONDERFUL  NIGHT  PHOTOGRAPH  OF  THE  WYOMING 


COPYRIGHT  E.  MULLER,  JR. 


The  Wyoming,  firing  at  night,  with  her  five-inch  guns,  while  powerful  searchlights  play  over 
the  surface  of  the  sea.  This  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  and  most  beautiful  naval  photo- 
graphs ev<  r made.  The  men  clustered  about  the  deck,  the  flare*  of  the  gun  as  the  smoke  and 


flame  pour  from  its  mouth  and  the  shafts  of  light  that  stab  the  darkness,  form  a wonderful 
picture.  It  was  made  during  target  practice,  but  such  scenes  may  be  enacted  by  our  gallant 
ships  in  deadly  earnest  if  war  should  come.  The  navy  will  surely  maintain  its  heroic  traditions 


GUM  GUNNERS  SECOND  TO  NONE 


THE  NEBRASKA  AT  TARGET  PRACTICE 


COFT  RIGHT  t.  MCLLSR,  JR. 


The  crack  battleship  Nebraska  is  here  shown  swinging  in  to  pick  up  a naval  target.  These  tar- 
gets are  fired  at  from  a range  of  many  miles.  For  years  the  Atlantic  fleet  has  been  holding  target 
practice  in  Cuban  waters.  The  actual  scores  made  are  kept  secret  as  it  is  not  desirable  that  other 
powers  should  know  the  exact  proficiency  of  our  gunners,  but  it  is  generally  understood  that  in 


rapidity  and  accuracy  of  fire  American  seamen  have  no  superiors  in  the  world.  During  the 
bombardment  of  Vera  Cruz,  in  April,  1914,  the  accurate  shooting  done  by  the  two  cruisers  that 
participated  was  the  wonder  and  admiration  of  the  officers  of  the  British,  German,  French  and 
Spanish  war  vessels  in  the  harbor,  all  of  whom  were  interested  spectators  of  this  small  battle 


COPYRIOUT  E.  MULLER. 


ON  OUR  SAILORS  FALLS  TOE  FIRST  BLOW  OF  BATTLE 


■ ’MM 

\ 

.4, 

% 

" ir 

i- 1 

■ 

>• 

Sailors  on  the  United  States  battleship  Florida.  Above  them  are  two  of  the  big  12-inch 
rifles  that  make  up  the  primary  batteries  of  most  of  our  battleships.  Some  of  the  newer  vessels 
have  14-inch  guns  and  even  heavier  ones  are  projected.  When  the  break  with  Germa  iv  came  the 


battleship  fleet  was  basing  at  Guantanamo,  Cuba,  where  winter  practice  was  being  held.  It 
consisted  of  12  battleships  with  tenders,  torpedo  craft  and  other  auxiliaries,  all  under  command 
of  Admiral  Mayo,  whose  flagship  was  the  Pennsylvania. 


A DEADLY  TORPEDO  LEAVING  THE  TUBE 


Here  is  a photograph  of  a Whitehead  torpedo  at  the  instant  it  leaves  the  tube  This  tube  is 
above  the  water  line.  Torpedo  boat  destroyers  carry  both  this  kind  of  tubes  and  submerged  ones. 
The  torpedo,  when  fired  from  above  the  water,  submerges  itself  to  a depth  determined  by  the 


adjustment  of  its  horizontal  steering  gear,  and  thereafter  runs  its  course  at  an  even  depth  be- 
neath the  surface.  Our  sailors  have  had  considerable  torpedo  practice  and  are  probably  quite  as 
proficient  in  this  important  field  as  those  of  any  other  navy. 


AVITH  TIIK  CONNING  TOWER  AND  PERISCOPES  SHOWING 


The  U.  S.  submarine  D-3  almost  under  water.  From  this  position  the  commander  can  view  the  sur- 
face of  the  sea  from  the  conning  tower,  which  allows  a clearer  and  larger  vision  than  even  the 


periscope  ca  give.  In  action  submarines  usually  prefer  to  fire  torpedoes  when  submerged  to  the 
top  of  the  periscope,  because  they  are  then  much  better  protected  than  when  nearer  the  surface. 


i 

1 - 

* 

| 

1 

| 

1 

. 

1 

1 

h *4 

WAITING  FOR  T1IE  COMMAND  TO  DIVE 

A submarine  is  not  a comfortable  place,  and  the  crew  likes  to  get  out  on  deck  when  possible.  Here,  I who  is  watching  for  the  flagship’s  signal.  When  it  comes  he  will  close  the  water-tight  hatch,  while 

however,  the  boat  is  expected  to  submerge  at  any  moment  and  all  hands  are  below  except  the  lookout  | the  boat  sets  her  horizontal  rudders  to  carry  her  below  and  starts  her  electric  motors  ahead. 


THE  NATION’S  DEFENDERS  AT  SEA 


COPYRIGHT  E.  MULLER,  JR. 

THE  BATTLE  FLEET 
CLEARED  FOR  ACTION 
This  photograph  shows  some 
of  the  United  States  battle- 
ships drawn  up  in  battle-line 
and  cleared  for  action.  The 
Navy  Department  became 
the  scene  of  great  activity 
upon  the  break  with  Ger- 
many. The  plans  and  opera- 
tions in  executive  offices  and 
in  navy  yards  were  very 
closely  guarded.  It  was 
known,  however,  that  re- 
cruiting was  speeded  up  and 
that  information  regarding 
privately  owned  vessels, 
down  to  gasoline  launches, 
which  could  be  used  as  naval 
auxiliaries,  was  being  tabu- 
lated. No  danger  of  a short- 
age of  men  is  feared,  as  the 
enlistments  in  January,  1917, 
were  1,422  greater  than  in 
January,  1916. 


MRS,  0.  R.  MILLER 

FIGHTING  FORCES  IN 
TWO  ELEMENTS 

This  photograph  of  Lieut. 
Alfred  A.  Cunningham  flying 
over  the  United  States  bat- 
tleship Connecticut , shows 
in  one  scene  two  of  America’s 
fighting  agencies,  one  in  the 
air  and  one  on  water.  The 
Connecticut  was  com- 
pleted in  1906  with  her 
sister  ship  the  Louisiana. 
The  next  year  the  Vermont, 
Kansas  and  Minnesota 
followed  and  in  1908  the 
New  Hampshire  was 
launched,  the  last  of  six 
16,000  ton  ships  of  this  type. 
The  Connecticut’s  speed  is 
18  knots  per  hour  and  her 
complement  is  803  men. 
Four  12-inch  gtins  make  up 
her  main  battery  and  in 
addition  to  her  many 
smaller  guns  she  has  four  sub- 
merged torpedo  tubes.  The 
flying  strength  of  the  United 
States  in  1916  was  522 
planes,  balloons  and  dirig- 
ibles. When  the  news  of 
the  break  with  Germany 
became  known,  one  of  the 
first  organizations  to  offer 
support  to  the  President  was 
the  Aero  Club  of  America. 


They  Didn’t  Go  Home  for  the  Holidays 

By  EDWIN  RALPH  ESTEP,  Staff  War  Photographer 


The  Wages  of  Sill — In  a temperamental  moment, 
he  lost  his  place  at  the  festive  Christmas  hoard. 
Nevertheless,  as  he  served  his  time  in  the  kitchen, 
about  the  only  part  of  the  dinner  he  missed  was 
the  board. 


In  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  huts  the  holidays  were  given  a 
homey  atmosphere  with  trees,  song  services  and  distribu- 
tion of  presents.  Music  and  fellowship  maintained 
through  the  holiday  week  in  which  the  regular  drilling 


was  laid  aside  and  the  boys  had  plenty  of  time  to  gather 
and  swap  Christ  mas  cakes  and  candies.  At  some 
places  the  women  from  the  adjoining  towns  brought  out 
spreads  and  registered  hospitality. 


'THROUGH  commanders  and  adju- 
* tants  the  United  States  explained 
to  the  seven  hundred  and  fifty  thousand 
men  in  camps  and  cantonments  that  if 
they  were  given  Christmas  furloughs  by 
regiments,  brigades  and  divisions  they 
would  half-nelson  all  of  the  railways. 
The  explanation  being  over,  the  National 
Army  took  a straw  vote  and  decided  to 
holiday  in  camp,  absence  without  leave 
being  a risky  pastime.  Their  Christmas 
was  far  from  joyless.  The  degree  of  cele- 
bration varied  with  the  location.  Those 
camps  that  were  close  to  the  district 
whence  the  men  came  were  crowded  with 
visitors.  Others  were  quiet  and  gave  most 
attention  to  the  distribution  of  presents 
and  the  cooking  of  the  big  Christmas  Day 
feed.  Such  a one  was  Camp  McClellan, 
where  the  accompanying  pictures  were 
taken. 


Everybody  remembered 
the  soldiers.  Through 
the  Red  Cross,  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  the  Knights 
of  Columbus,  and  the 
family  folks,  the  camps 
were  deluged  with  pres- 
ents. The  motor  trucks 
of  the  post  office  depart- 
ment were  as  busy  as 
ammunition  trains  be- 
fore a battle.  The  de- 
lightful part  of  it  was 
that  the  givers  did  not 
overlook  the  little  things 
— the  gifts  were  not  all 
practical.  Toy  puppy 
dogs  and  tin  automobile0, 
proved  that,  as  a people, 
we  still  are  blessed  with 
a little  imagination  and 
love. 


Che  autocrats  of  the 
mess  halls  had  an  even 
Hying  start  from  the 
quartermaster  and  then 
it  was  a struggle  to  see 
ivhich  could  make  the 
festal  board  groan  the 
loudest.  It  was  great 
fun  for  them  to  be  off 
the  regular  ration  grub 
and  to  have  an  unham- 
pered swing  at  right  and 
left-handed  cooking  — 
roast  turkey  and  candied 
yams  and  stuffing  and 
creamed  peas  and  mash- 
ed turnips  and,  oh,  and 
.everything  that  should 
be  in  a real  American 
Christmas  dinner. 


The  Red  Cross  did  not  make  much  of  a fuss  with  ever- 
greens, holly  and  poinsettias  and  was  meticulously  prudent 
in  hanging  up  mistletoe,  on  account  of  septic  microbes,  but 


it  played  Sen'  a Claus  like  a professional.  Not  a patient 
was  overlook'd  anti  the  nurses  were  especi  lly  lavish  with 
good  cheer.  Flowers  suppl  mented  the  gifus 


BIX 


mam 


IIIUIIliliillllM 


'—I 


SAILORS  OF  THE  RESERVE  IN  CAMP 


The  Naval  Militia  in  camp  has  a real  vacation.  Here  is  a company  taking  it  easy.  Of  course 
there  is  plenty  to  do  beside  sitting  in  the  company  street,  but  nevertheless  men  in  the  service 
say  the  Naval  Militia  is  one  of  the  ideal  volunteer  organizations.  If  war  comes,  these  sailors 


will  go  far  toward  supplying  a full  quota  of  trained  men  to  our  fleet.  The  Company  shown  is 
in  camp  at  the  Great  Lakes  Naval  Training  Station,  at  Lake  Bluff,  111.  There  are  four 
similar  camps  in  the  countrv,  hut  others  are  likely  to  be  established. 


Most  Americans,  if  they  had  had  an  opportunity  to  take  this  picture,  would  have  preferred 
to  see  the  broad  plafn  completely  covered  with  troops,  but  such  a scene  wouli  be  difficult  of 
enactment  under  present  conditions.  However,  if  the  country’s  present  v ill  to  have  uni- 


versal military  training  becomes  effective,  the  pride  one  feels  when  looking  upon  this 
splendid  body  of  regulars  on  border  duty  will  be  multiplied  many  times.  However 
border  service  has  given  the  country  soldiers  of  which  we  may  be  proud. 


WHO  TALKED  OF  A MULE  SHORTAGE?  coptbi^ht press illustrating service 

The  army  mule  is  one  of  the  few  connecting  links  between  the  old  warfare  and  the  new.  truck?  It  can’t  talk  back;  but  a mule  is  not  only  receptive  to  suggestion,  but  responsive — 

Automobile  trucks  may  be  efficient,  but  mules  have  qualities  and  perquisites  that  trucks  if  one  is  near  enough.  Here  are  a few  hundreds  of  Uncle  Sam’s  baggage  smashers  mobilized 

w»Tl  never  replace.  What  satisfaction,  for  instance,  is  there  in  conversing  with  a mud-stuck  on  the  Texas  border.  We  hope  they  will  live  long  and  die  peacefully. 


iWEY’S 


GREAT 


SCENES  FROM  STIRRING 


VICTORIES  IN  TWO  WARS 


BEST  LOVED  OF  NAVAL  HEROES] 

George  Dewey,  the  only  Admiral  in  the  United  States  NaT.-y,  and  the  best- 
ioved  of  all  our  naval  heroes,  died  at  his  home  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  on 
Jan.  16,  1917,  in  his  eightieth  year.  Although  his  health  had  been  failing 
for  some  time  he  had  been  active  in  his  duties  at  the  Navy  Department  until 
a few  days  before  his  death. 


DEWEY’S  BAPTISM  OF  FJRE 

Dewey  was  attached  to  Admiral  Farragut’s  fleet  which  forced  an  entrance  to 
the  Mississippi  River,  and  on  April  24th,  1862,  he  participated  in  his  first 
battle,  the  bombardment  of  Forts  Jackson  and  St.  Philip.  The  wooden 
vessels  used  then  were  in  marked  contrast  with  the  armored  craft  with  which 
he  overcame  the  Spaniards  at  Manila  Bay,  but  which,  also,  are  now  obsolete. 


THE  BATTLE  OF  MANILA  BAY,  WHERE  DEWEY  WON  DEATHLESS  RENOWN 


This  picture  of  the  battle  of  Manila  Bay  is  from  a painting  by  Frank  H.  Schell,  made  after 
sketches  and  descriptions  by  eye  witnesses.  The  battle  was  fought  May  1st,  1898,  Dewey 
fearlessly  leading  his  fleet  into  the  mined  waters  of  the  bay  in  his  flagship,  the  Olympia.  The 
battle  was  not  long  nor  bloody,  but  it  resulted  in  a complete  victory  for  the  American  fleet  and 
left  the  admiral  (then  commodore)  with  a delicate  problem  of  international  politics  on  hand.  He 
cut  the  cable  as  a military  measure  and  handled  the  situation  with  such  courage  and  tact  as  to 


establish  for  all  time  his  claim  to  real  greatness.  On  his  return  to  America  in  1899  he  was  re- 
ceived with  unparalleled  ovations.  President  McKinley  presented  him  with  a gold  sword  and 
the  nation  gave  him  a residence  in  Washington  by  popular  subscription.  His  official  reception 
in  New  York  City  was  the  greatest  event  of  the  kind  ever  seen  in  America.  Congress  made  him 
an  Admiral,  which  insured  his  retention  on  the  active  list  until  his  death,  an  honor  previously 
conferred  only  on  Admirals  Farragut  and  Porter. 


MAGNIFICENT  PAGEANT  AS 
Admiral  Dewey  was  given  a state  funeral  on  January  20th,  after  simple  services  at 
his  late  home.  The  remains  were  borne  through  the  streets  on  a gun  caisson,  escorted 
by  thousands  of  soldiers  and  sailors,  as  well  as  the  entire  cadet  body  of  the  Naval 
«cademy.  Services  were  held  in  the  rotunda  of  the  capitol;  the  photograph  shows 


ADMIRAL  IS  LAID  TO  REST 

the  casket  being  placed  on  the  caisson  at  their  conclusion.  President  Wilson  and  all 
the  high  officials  of  the  government  and  almost  the  entire  diplomatic  corps  partici- 
pated in  what  was  one  of  the  most  impressive  funerals  ever  held  in  the  Nation  s 
canitr!. 


UBSEA  WARFARE 


SAILORS  OF  OUR  NAVY  LEARN  THE  INS  AND  OUTS  OF  MINE-LAYING 


COPYRIGHT  1 


Mine-laying  becomes  a real  science  when  the  work  is  properly  done.  Merely  setting  mines 
afloat  does  not  endanger  an  enemy’s  ships  more  than  those  of  the  defensive  country,  and  wind 
and  tide  may  drift  the  mines  out  of  the  lanes  which  they  are  set  to  guard.  The  .ailors  of  the 


United  States  Navy,  by  theory  and  practice,  become  familiarized  with  the  processes  of  mine- 
laying, and  are  schooled  in  handling  the  deadly,  machines,  in  anchoring  them  securely,  in 
charting  their  positions  and  in  the  other  details  of  this  important  knowledge. 


THE  TORPEDO  WHICH  STRIKES  A DEATH-BLOW  FROM  BELOW 


COPYRIGHT  K.  MULLER,  JR. 


The  camera  caught  this  torpedo  just  as  it  was  being  loaded  into  the  torpedo-tube  of  one  of  our 
destroyers.  The  sailor  in  the  foreground  is  just  filling  the  compressed  air  tanks.  Torpedoes 
of  this  type-  (the  Whitehead)  have  three  sections,  the  explosive  head,  which  carries,  usually » 


428  pounds  of  “T.  N.  T.,”  and  a large  tank  of  air,  under  heavy  compression,  which  drives  the 
propelling  machinery  in  the  third  section,  or  tail.  They  are  about  two  feet  in  diameter  and  22  feet 
long.  They  have  a maximum  range  of  8,000  yards,  which  they  can  travel  at  a speed  of  25  knots. 


filling  the  rank  and  file 


A VOLUNTEER 
COMPANY  OF  BELL 
BOYS 

Not  far  down  the  Hudson 
River  from  West  Point,  300 
bell  boys  from  New  York’s 
finest  hotels  are  drilling  daily 
on  the  roof  of  the  Biltmore. 
Twenty -four  floors  above  the 
streets,  former  army  officers 
march  the  volunteers  forward 
and  around  and  teach  them 
the  manual  of  arms.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  a complete  regi- 
ment can  be  recruited  from 
New  York’s  hotel  employees 
and  an  increasing  number  are 
daily  joining  the  company.  At 
present  it  is  necessary  to  drill 
the  men  in  squads  when  they 
are  not  on  duty  but  those  who 
arc  fostering  the  movement 
expect  later  to  have  better 
facilities  for  training. 


COPTB1GHT  PREPS  ILLOBTRATING  HERVICS 

ARMY  OFFICERS  IN  THE 
MAKING 

At  the  United  States  Military 
Academy  at  West  Point,  the 
future  commissioned  officers  of 
the  army  receive  their  initial 
training.  The  photograph 
shows  a new  class  of  recruits, 
with  their  right  hands  raised, 
being  sworn  in.  The  discipline 
c*.  West  Point  is  even  more 
strict  than  in  the  army  and  the 
courses  of  instruction  are  so 
rigorous  that  about  one -fourth 
of  those  who  are  appointed  by 
their  Congressmen  fail  to  pass 
the  entrance  examinations  and 
only  a little  over  a half  finally 
are  graduated.  The  four  years 
of  technical  instruction  and 
the  four  summers  of  army 
camp  life  make  well -trained 
officers  of  those  who  escape  the 
eliminations  of  examinations. 


DISAPPEARING  GUNS:  AMERICA’S  EFFICIENT  COAST  PROTECTORS 


PHOTOS  COPYRIGHT  BROWN  AND  DAWSON 


The  type  of  gun  used  in  our  coast  defense  stations  is  the  most  modern  employed  in  the  protection 
of  any  country.  The  disappearing  carriage  and  the  turrets  of  battleships  are  the  only  large  mount- 
ings which  afford  protection  to  the  gun,  its  carriage  and  the  firing  crew.  The  two  pictures  on  this 
page  give  a striking  presentation  of  one  of  our  13-inch  guns  during  the  processes  of  loading  and  firing. 
In  tne  upper  picture,  the  firing  crew  is  pushing  into  the  breech  the  big  shell  which  has  just  been  rolled 
up  on  a truck  of  exactly  the  right  height  to  bring  the  shell  into  position  for  loading.  When  the  shell 
is  in  place  and  the  breech-block  locked,  the  gun  is  raised  above  the  embankment  by  motors,  fired 


I and  immediately  returned  to  concealment.  The  loading  and  aiming  can  be  done  while  the  piece  is 
entirely  concealed,  and  once  the  gun  is  trained  on  its  mark  only  the  muzzle  appears  above  the  wall  and 
that  for  just  a moment.  Large  disappearing  guns  can  be  fired  as  rapidly  as  ten  times  in  17  minutes. 
When  the  gun  is  fired,  the  force  of  the  explosion,  or  recoil  throws  the  gun  back,  horizontally,  until  the 
muzzle  has  cleared  the  wall,  after  which  the  entire  barrel  sinks  almost  straight  down  and  comes  to 
rest  in  position  for  reloading.  The  remarkable  picture  at  the  bottom,  taken  just  after  the  gun  had 
been  fired,  shows  the  carriage  recoiling  and  returning  to  the  loading  position. 


COMING  TO  THE  SURFACE  AFTER  FIRING  A TORPEDO 


The  U.  S.  submarine  D-3  during  maneuvers  in  Narragansett  Bay,  showing  the  undersea  craft  just  I The  torpedoes  used  in  practice  are  minus  the  war  head,  which  contains  the  explosive  charge,  and 

after  she  had  sent  a torpedo  on  a trial  run.  The  vapor  from  the  discharge  still  hangs  about  her.  ] are  picked  up  and  returned  to  the  vessel.  The  performance  of  each  torpedo  is  carefully  recorded 


Latest  type  of  torpedo,  probably  very  similar  in  appearance  to  those  used  by  the  German  subma-  I boat  preparatory  to  being  adjusted  and  replaced  in  the  tube.  Torpedoes  are  self-propelled  and  have 

rines  with  such  deadly  effect.  It  has  been  picked  up  from  the  water  and  is  being  lowered  into  the  | such  finely  adjusted  steering  apparatus  that  they  can  be  set  to  run  on  straight  or  curved  lines. 


MAKING 


SOLDIERS  at 


COLLEGE 


THE  FIRST  REGIMENT  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS  PASSING  IN  REVIEW 
At  the  University  of  Illinois,  at  Urbana,  12  army  officers,  headed  b>  Maj.  R.  W.  Mearns,  are  detailed 
by  the  War  Department  to  give  instruction  in  the  required  military  courses  of  the  first  and  second 
years  and  in  the  elective  course  in  Military  Art.  The  largest  college  brigade  in  he  country,  2,200 
cadets,  organized  in  three  regiments,  each  with  its  own  band,  is  here,  as  is  also  the  largest  college  armory, 
recently  completed  at  a cost  of  $500,000.  As  a “land  grant  college”  the  university  receives  part  of  its 
support  from  the  Federal  Government  in  return  for  maintaining  a military  department 


¥ //  U - 

/ a vjn I jf/  * 

v*  V % A 1 

\wm/  /# 

ivJW  ftf  v] 

V 

SOLDIERS-IN-THE-MAKING  AT  CORNELL  UNIVERSITY 
Cornell  University,  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  is  another  of  the  progressive  universities  in  which  military 
training  has  become  a part  of  the  curriculum.  The  military  department  there,  created  when 
the  university  was  founded  in  1865,  now  is  organized  on  a regimental  basis  with  two  regiments 
of  full  strength.  Military  training  is  required  of  freshmen  and  sophomores.  Willard  D. 
Straight,  Cornell  1901,  a member  of  the  firm  of  J.  P.  Morgan  and  Company,  recently  presented 
the  university  with  full  field  equipment  for  600  men.  F.  S.  Marlow,  of  the  class  of  1910,  the 


PITCH  CAMP  AMID  THE  UNIVERSITY  BUILDINGS 

first  man  to  gain  the  rank  of  Colonel  a.  Cornell,  sees  in  the  National  situation  an  opportunity 
for  the  men  who  as  undergraduates  learned  the  manual  of  arms  to  be  of  national  service. 
Cornell  men  believe  that  a full  regiment  of  alumni  could  be  raised  over  night  in  an  emergency. 
Other  universities  are  falling  into  line.  Princeton  is  among  the  latest.  Nearly  1,000  men 
have  joined  the  provisional  battalion  established  there.  It  was  also  announced  that  plans  were 
under  way  for  an  aviation  school  at  Princeton. 


MUNITIONS  OF  MOBEBN  WARFARE 


by  THOMAS  F . LOGAN 


THE  FULLY  EQUIPPED  AMERICAN  SOLDIER  u^bbo8. 


ENERAL  GRANT,  in  explaining  the  reasons 
II  "u r for  his  success  in  the  Civil  War,  said  that  he 
^ knew  little  strategy  and  that  the  best  way 
to  win  a battle  was  to  have  more  men  than  your 
adversary,  then  find  the  adversary’s  weak  spot 
and  pile  your  men  against  it. 

There  has  been  relatively  little  strategy  in 
the  European  war,  but  success  now  depends  on 
munitions,  rather  than  men.  There  is  just  the 
same  need  for  bravery  as  there  was  in  earlier 
wars.  In  fact  there  is  greater  need,  since  the 
percentage  of  deaths  among  those  actually  en- 
gaged in  battle  has  been  measurably  increased. 

The  tremendous  successes  of  the  Germans 
at  the  beginning  of  the  European  war  were  due 
largely  to  the  fact  that  Germany  had  the 
greatest  supply  of  ammunition  and  the  greatest 
number  of  guns  possessed  by  any  nation  in  the 
world.  In  the  first  year  of  war  Great  Britain 
managed  to  raise  an  army  of  3,000,000  men; 
yet  the  army  was  useless  because  there  was  an 
insufficient  supply  of  munitions  in  England. 

The  Russian  army  was  driven  back  because 
of  the  same  shortage  in  guns  and  ammunition. 

Now  Japan  is  manufacturing  hundreds  of 
millions  of  dollars’  worth  of  munitions  for 
Russia.  Millionaires  have  been  made  in  Tokio 
through  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  muni- 
tions almost  in  equal  number  to  those  made  in 
New  York  and  Wilmington.  There  are  “war 
brides”  in  Tokio  as  well  as  in  New  York. 

Soon  after  the  war  began  it  became  evident 
that  the  success  of  any  nation  would  depend 
largely  upon  its  supply  of  munitions.  It  was 
stated  that  in  the  bombardment  of  the  Belgian 
forts  almost  as  much  ammunition  was  used  as 
during  one  year  of  the  War  between  the  States. 

Yet  the  guns  and  ammunition  used  in  those 
early  battles  are  almost  insignificant  when 
compared  with  the  enormous  quantities  of  ammunition 
and  the  enormous  size  of  the  guns  used  at  Verdun. 

“Every  month,”  said  Lloyd  George  to  the  House  of 
Commons  in  London  recently,"  we  are  turning  out  hundreds 
of  guns  and  howitzers,  light,  medium  and  heavy.  Our  heavy 
guns  are  rolling  in  at  a great  rate,  and  we  are  turning  out 


for  a modern  war  in  six  months  or  a year.  Today  it  is  easier 
to  train  an  army  of  volunteers  than  it  is  to  prepare  the 
munitions  upon  which  success  or  failure  will  depend. 

The  Remington  Arms  Company,  located  at  Eddy- 
stone,  Delaware,  nearly  a year  and  a half  ago  received 
from  the  British  Government  a contract  for  two  million 


modern  Enfield  rifles.  The  rifles  were  to  cosl 
$30  apiece.  The  whole  contract  amounted  to 
$60,000,000.  The  Remington  Arms  Company 
started  to  build  a factory  and  plant  that  now 
covers  sixteen  and  a half  acres  at  Eddystone.  It 
is  the  biggest  plant  under  one  roof  in  the  world. 

Yet  it  is  only  within  recent  months  that  this 
company  has  been  able  to  equip  itself  for  the 
turning  out  of  2,000  rifles  a day.  The  plant 
first  had  to  be  built,  ten  or  twelve  steel  com- 
panies had  to  be  set  to  manufacturing  lathes 
and  other  equipment  and  the  country  had  to 
be  scoured  for  the  black  walnut  which  is  used 
in  the  stock  of  the  rifle  clear  to  the  muzzle. 
The  plant  expects  to  increase  its  output  to 
4,000  rifles  a day,  but  even  at  this  tremendous 
rate  it  will  be  impossible  to  supply  2,000,000 
rifles,  as  called  for  in  the  contract,  until  another 
year  has  passed.  Yet  even  then  there  will  only 
be  enough  rifles,  so  far  as  this  contract  is  con- 
cerned, to  equip  half  the  British  army.  Of 
course,  Britain  is  turning  out  rifles  of  her  own. 

Owing  to  the  blockade  of  her  ports,  Germany 
has  had  to  prepare  all  her  own  munitions. 
Where  Great  Britain  and  France  have  been 
able  to  draw  upon  the  United  States,  and  Russia 
upon  Japan,  Germany  has  had  to  rely  upon  her 
own  munition-makers.  Germany  already  had 
some  of  the  best  munition  plants  in  the  world 
and  has  added  many  others. 

All  the  great  battles  have  been  won  or  lost 
through  munition  and  gun  superiority  or  in- 
feriority. All  the  armies  in  Europe  have  shown 
equal  courage  and  tenacity.  The  range  of  the 
guns,  however,  is  almost  incredible,  being  in 
some  instances  twenty-five  miles.  The  shells 
used  can  destroy  a full  company  of  men.  The 
great  battles  are  being  fought  largely  with 
artillery  and  in  this  branch  of  military  equip- 
ment the  United  States  is  weakest. 

Brigadier  General  William  Crozier,  Chief  of  Ordnance  cf 
the  United  Statesarmy,when  he  appeared  before  the  military 
affairs  committee  of  the  Senate  last  January,  said  that  this 
Government  either  had  built  or  had  under  construction  225 
batteries  of  four  guns  each — that  is  to  say,  1,000  guns.  The 


EXCELLENT  AMERICAN  GUN  OF  ITS  l LASS 
Front  view  at  forty  degrees  elevation  of  a 4.7  inch  howitzer  with  a 
carriage  of  the  model  of  1908. 


nearly  twice  as  much  ammunition  in  a single  week  and — what 
is  more — nearly  three  times  as  much  of  heavy  shell,  as  we 
fired  for  the  great  offensive  in  September,  although  the 
ammunition  we  expended  in  that  battle  was  the  result  of 
many  weary  weeks’  accumulation.” 

So  complete  is  the  realization  of  the  British  Government 
that  success  in  modern  wars  depends  upon  munitions  made 
at  home,  rather  than  upon  the  men  who  are  laying  down  their 
lives  at  the  front,  that  half  the  metal  workers  of  England 
have  been  engaged  upon  work  for  the  British  navy.  The 
task  of  building  new  ships  and  repairing  the  old  ones  for  the 
gigantic  navy  of  Great  Britain  and  fitting  and  equipping  such 
ships  occupies  the  energies  of  a million  men.  Hundreds  of 
thousands  of  men  and  women  hitherto  unaccustomed  to 
metal  and  chemical  work  have  been  trained  for  munition- 
making. Two  million  men  and  women  are  actually  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  munitions  for  the  army  of  five  million 
men  at  the  front.  This  figure  merely  includes  those  who  are 
actually  engaged  in  manufacturing  shells  and  guns.  ,There  are 
three  million  men  who  are  manufacturing  other  supplies,  such 
as  shoes,  clothing,  saddles  and  other  necessities  of  the  soldiers. 

No  nation  can  provide  itself  with  sufficient  munitions 


P1IOTOH  COl'RTT.H Y OF  M AK  DKPARTMrKT 

IIEVVIEST  FIELD  GUN  IN  OUR  ARMY 
6-inch  howitzer  with  a carriage  of  the  model  of  1908. 
It  fires  a projectile  of  only  120  pounds,  with  a range 
of  7500  yards.  The  42-centimeter  gun  used  in  the 
European  war  fires  a projectile  of  between  1600  and 
1800  pounds  with  a range  of  twenty  miles. 


heaviest  of  these  is  a 6-inch  howitzer,  which  fires  a projectile 
of  120  pounds  weight,  with  a range  of  about  7,500  yards.  He 
was  asked  by  Senator  du  Pont  of  Delaware,  who  fought  in 
the  War  between  the  States,  how  this  heaviest  gun  in  the 
United  States  army  compared  with  the  42-centimeter  gun  of 
the  German  army.  The  power  of  the  projectile,  as  measured 
by  its  weight,  was  very  much  less,  he  said.  The  42-centimeter 
gun,  which  is  the  one  most  used  in  Europe,  fires  a projectile 
weighing  between  1600  and  1800  pounds.  The  United  States 
Government,  however,  is  contemplating  a new  model  of  this 
6-inch  howitzer,  newer  than  in  any  of  the  European  armies 
today  except  perhaps  in  the  Italian  army,  and  it  is  expected 
to  have  a greater  range  than  the  42-centimeter  howitzer  of 
which  this  Government  has  definite  information. 

The  American  Government  has  in  hand  a sufficient  num- 
ber of  guns  of  large  calibre  to  supply  an  army  of  about 
200,000  men.  The  ammunition  and  guns  already  in  posses- 
sion of  the  Government  would  hardly  last  through  one  battle 
like  those  at  Verdun.  The  greatest  asset  of  the  United  States 
so  far  as  preparedness  is  concerned  is  to  be  found  in  the 
numerous  munition  and  gun  factories  which  have  grown  up 
to  supply  the  needs  of  Europe. 


A USEFUL  PIECE  OF  ARTILLERY 
Three-inch  American  gun  with  a carriage  of 
the  model  of  1902.  It  is  about  the  size  of 
the  famous  French  “75”. 


A GOOD  WEAPON  IF  NOT  AMONG  THE  LARGEST 
The  4.7  inch  gun  with  a carriage  of  the  model  of  1906.  It  is  not 
designed  for  attack  on  trenches  or  forts. 


FEEDING  UNCLE  SAM’S  ARMY 


9Sftmot 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  ie  UNDERWOOD 

A WAGON  LOAD  OF  ARMY  BREAD 
Outside  the  baker’s  tent  the  freshly -baked  breatf 
is  piled  and  from  this  pile  the  Mess  Ser- 
geants haul  away  the  bread  allotted  to  theta 
for  the  men  in  their  care  The  bread 
does  not  suffer  from  the  harsh  treat- 
ment  shown  in  the  picture.  His 
other  supplies,  beans  and  coffee 
(fV  and  canned  goods,  the  Sergeant 

\ draws  from  the  Commissary, 

. The  Mess  Sergeant  is  a man  of 
It  is  he  who 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  St  UNDERWOOD 

UP  TO  THE  ELBOWS  IN 
DOUGH 

Everything  is  man  size  in  an 
army  bakery.  Bread  forms  an 
important  part  of  every  meal. 
This  bakery  produced  daily 
2,000  loaves  of  bread,  each  of 
which  weighed  four  pounds 
when  it  left  the  oven.  The 
44  doughboys,’*  speaking  in 
terms  of  baseball,  call  their 
work  a double  play — mixer 
to  pan  to  oven  and  out 


no  mean  power 
makes  out  each  day’s  menu, 
and  turns  it  over  to  the  cook* 
for  execution. 


TARRAfri 

^ 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONAL  FILM 

HOT  MEALS  ON  THE  MARCH 
The  new  types  of  traveling  kitchens 
are  especially  valuable  where  the 
men  have  only  temporary  camps. 
In  the  various  compartments  of 
this  “slum  gun”  the  men’s  meals 
can  be  cooked,  and  can  be  kept  hot 
for  hours.  At  the  first  sound  of 
the  mess  call  on  the  bugle,  the  men 
line  up,  each  carrying  the  two  pans 
and  cup  which  form  his  mess  kit, 
while  his  knife  and  fork  are  stuck  in 
his  puttees 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONAL  FILM 

PREPARING  A QUJCK 
LUNCH 

Everything  for  the  soldier’s 
meal  must  be  in  convenient 
shape  for  quick  serving 
when  mess  call  sounds. 
Liquids  are  equably  ladled 
out  and  bread,  sliced  and 
piled,  is  given  to  each  man 
as  he  passes  in  line.  Quick 
service  requires  the  careful 
preparation,  which  these 
men  are  performing.  In 
the  regular  army  the  cooks 
are  usually  enlisted  men, 
sometimes  enlisted  men  de- 
velop into  cooks,  and  in  some 
cases  professional  cooks,  who 
know  how  to  feed  large 
groups  of  men,  are  hired 
for  the  work. 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONAL  FILM 

NEATER  THAN  IT 
APPEARS 

To  feed  an  army  on  an  al- 
lowance of  29  cents  per  da> 
per  man,  it  is  necessary  U* 
cook  the  food  in  large  quag.: 
tities.  Soup,  for  instance,  is, 
made  in  pans  the  size  pfa, 
wash  boiler,  and  when  c 
served,  the  tub  is. 


j ■■KVjB  ' soup  is 

filled  with  hot  soapy  water,, 
into  which  each  man  dips  hir, 

dishes,  at  the  end  ci  the 

meal.  Sand  is  found  useful 
for  scouring  and  a few  jabe, 
.*  ] into  the  ground  cleans  a 

knife  and  fork  well.  No, 
lit'cr  of  any  kino  is  p& - 
mitted  near  the  kitchen,. 
All  refuse  is  burned  in  incinerators  and  great  care  prevents; 
the  accumulation  of  anything  which  might  breed  disease. 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONAL,  FILM 

THIS  MIGHT  BE  A PICNIC.  BUT  IT  ISN’T 
m perma  lent  camps  and  cantonments.  Uncle  Sam  provides  mess 
halls,  inclosed  and  floored,  but  in  temporary  camps  and  on  the  march 
the  men  find  their  tables  and  chairs  on  the  ground.  Table  manners 
may  suffer,  but  appetites  are  nowhere  better  than  in  the  armv. 


jp  - 

4 

* » . ir" 

■ItlMI 


Vf 


mmwmw 


COPYRIGHT  PKE8B  ia.U8TUATI.NU  SERVICE 

A WATCH-DOG  AT  OUR 
GATES 

There  are  two  kinds  of  coast- 
defense  guns,  mortars  or  how- 
itzers, designed  to  shoot  high  in 
the  air  and  drop  shells  on  the 
decks  of  approaching  ships,  and 
flat  trajectory  guns,  such  as 
this  16-inch  gun,  on  its  way  to 
be  mounted  at  the  new  coast 
defense  base  at  Rockaway 
Beach,  near  New  York  City. 
This  gun  is  49  feet  long  and 
weighs  285,000  pounds  and  is 
similar  to  those  which  guard  the 
Panama  Canal.  Guns  of  this 
type  are  more  accurate  than 
mortars.  A 12-inch  mortar  can 
pierce  the  three  inches  of  nickel 
steel  which  protect  a battleship’s 
deck  and  a 12-inch  rifle  can 
penetrate  the  15 -inch  armor  belt 
of  a ship.  A 14-inch  gun  of  the 
type  shown  here  weighs  51  tons 
and  has  a range  of  19,000  yards. 
It  requires  349  pounds  of  powder 
to  fire  the  shell  which  weighs 
1660  pounds,  costs  $800,  and 
carries  an  explosive  charge  of  88 
pounds.  At  the  United  States 
Naval  Magazine  at  Iona  Island, 
40  miles  up  the  Hudson  River 
from  New  York,  thousands  of 
great  shells  and  millions  of 
pounds  of  powder  are  stored.  In 
the  four  powder  Ailing  stations, 
each  isolated  from  the  others, 
every  care  is  taken  to  guard 
against  sparks.  The  miniature 
railway  which  covers  the  116- 
acre  reservation  is  driven  by 
compressed  a*r. 


fig 

■ i i 

Wwm 

\ kiMrM 

coPYKioirr  vi< Emm  iu.uhtrati.nu  heuvh  b 

THE  POWER  BEHIND  ONE  BIO  SHELL 


COPYRIGHT  PKKHt  ILLUHTRATING  RKRTtca 

AMMUNITION  FOR  A COAST  DEFENDER 


Smokeless  powder  used  in  big  guns  is  in  the  form  of  perforated  cylinders.  It  is  sewed  up  in  a 
muslin  bag  holding  100  pounds  and  a small  igniting  charge  of  quick-burning  black  powder.  The 
bags  are  sealed  up  in  copper  cases  for  storage.  Four  bags  go  behind  a 14-inch  shell. 


This  16-inch  shell  weighs  2400  pounds,  carries  a heavy  exploding  charge,  and  requires  667 
pounds  of  powder  to  Are  it.  It  can  pierce  the  thickest  armor  plate  used  by  the  ships  of  any 
nation  and  has  a range  of  nearly  21  miles.  The  huge  shell  travels  at  a speed  of  2250  feet  per  second. 

mutt  H fJAJT’.’limwaMgKl 


llllllllllllllllHlinillHIl  • ' nilllllllllllffllHllliHI 


MOTORISTS’  PART  IN  DEFENSE 


A MILITARY  HORNET 

A two-cylinder  motorcycle  to  which  a side 
car  chassis  has  been  attached,  carrying  a 
machine-gun  and  operator. 

a plan  which  will  make  possible,  with  our 
present  privately  owned  equipment,  the 
quick  concentration  of  men  and  supplies 
at  any  desired  point  along  our  rapidly  in- 
creasing network  of  good,  hard-surfaced 
highways. 

But  the  pleasure  car  is  not  the  only 
vehicle  of  peace  which  may  be  turned  to  the 
work  of  war.  The  army  mule  of  the  day 
is  the  truck  which  we  see  hauling  canned 
goods  to  our  grocers,  meat  to  our  butchers, 
or  our  trunk  to  the  railroad  station.  In 


BECAUSE  the  European  conflict  has 
been  called  a gasoline  war,  it  may 
seem  to  many  that  the  automobile- 
mounted  battery  and  the  self-propelled 
fortress  are  holding  the  center  of  the  stage. 
But  they  are  not;  gasoline  power  is  used 
to  a far  greater  extent  for  the  transportation 
of  troops  and  supplies  than  for  propelling 
a foundation  on  which  is  mounted  a high- 
range  rifle  or  an  armored  machine-gun. 
To  be  sure  an  army  travels  on  its  stomach, 
but  nowadays  its  stomach  travels  on  four 
rapidly-moving  wheels. 

It  is  the  motor  car  of  peace,  susceptible 
to  the  requirements  of  war,  which  forms  the 
nucleus  of  our  transportation  preparedness. 
The  motor  busses  of  Paris  transported  the 
French  and  Belgian  troops  by  the  thousands 
to  the  frontier  to  resist  the  invasion  of 
Belgium.  Had  pleasure  cars  been  as  plenti- 
ful in  Paris  as  they  are  in  any  one  of  our 
largest  cities,  200,000  troops  could  have  been 
moved  ioo  miles  every  five  hours.  The 
motor  cars  owned  in  New  York  State  alone 
could  transport  a million  men  from  New 
York  City  to  the  eastern  limit 
of  Long  Island  in  three  or  four 
hours — provided,  of  course,  some 
method  were  found  to  overcome 
the  difficulties  of  congestion  at 
the  bridges  and  on  the  main  roads. 

It  is  not  a lack  of  equipment, 
rather  it  is  a lack  of  the  organiza- 
tion, the  experience,  the  practice 
which  would  enable  us  to  mo- 
bilize these  men  and  machines  in 
the  shortest  possible  time. 

But  with  a view  to  overcoming 
this  defect,  it  is  proposed,  previous 
to  maneuvers  to  be  held  in 
summer,  to  enlist  2000  car  owners 
in  New  York  City  who  will  sig- 
nify their  willingness  to  loan  their 
machines  for  a day’s  mobilization. 

With  these  2000  machines  it  is 
to  be  determined  how  quickly 
10,000  members  of  the  National 
Guard,  previously  assembled  in 
the  armories,  can  be  transported 
to  a designated  camping  ground. 

This  will  form  the  nucleus  of 


by  Ilf  A HOLD 


WHITING  SLAUSON 


FITTED  FOR  ROAD  OR  RAIL 

“Traveling  the  ties”  is  hard  on  a motor  truck.  Flanged  wheels, 
which  enable  the  vehicle  to  run  on  the  rails,  have  been  used  with 
considerable  success.  Heretofore  these  have  required  the  entire 
removal  of  the  truck  wheels  and  their  substitution  by  those  of  a 
special  type.  In  the  above  truck  a special  form  of  flange  may  be 
bolted  iirectly  over  the  tire  on  each  wheel,  thus  saving  space  and 
weight,  as  well  as  hours  of  time  in  making  the  change. 


NEW  YORK’S  FIRST 
ARMORED  CAR 

This  is  one  of  several  presented 
to  the  New  York  National  Guard 
by  public-spirited  business  men 
of  New  York  City  A special 
armored  car  squad  was  then 
formed  in  the  National  Guard. 


EVEN  BANDITS  USE  AUTOMOBILES  NOW 

The  Mexican  bandit  chief  Fierro  used  an  American-built  car  to 
convey  him  and  a portion  of  his  personal  supplies  over  some  of  the 
roughest  tracks  in  Mexico.  This  photograph  was  taken  a few  days 
before  Fierro’s  death  in  an  encounter  with  Carranza’s  forces. 


THE  PATRIOTIC  USE  OF  A PRIVATE  PLEASURE  CAR 

A major  of  the  United  States  Artillery  uses  his  newly  purchased  personal  car  for  observing  the 
maneuvers  of  his  battalion. 


conveyance  of  the  particular  sup- 
plies to  be  transported.  In  fact, 
these  trucks  were  literally 
“shipped  from  stock,”  and  the 
changes  in  bodies  were  made  by 
the  soldiers  after  the  vehicles  had 
reached  the  front.  Even  the 
heavy  truck  with  its  maximum 
speed  of  but  ten  miles  an  hour 
is  able  to  carry  its  four  or  five 
tons  of  supplies  at  a rate  con- 
siderably in  excess  of  that  aver- 
aged by  the  finest  cavalry,  and 
students  of  military  history  have 
found  it  necessary  to  revise  what 
had  come  to  be  looked  upon  al- 
most as  axioms  in  the  service.  Where- 
as the  rate  of  progress  of  an  army  has 
hitherto  been  limited  by  the  speed  of 
the  pack  and  supply  trains,  we  now 
find  the  modern  army  mule  reaching 
its  destination,  not  only  ahead  of  the  in- 
fantry, but  of  the  cavalry  as  well — and  if 
the  infantry  is  to  be  transported  by  wheel, 
the  cavalry  will  become  the  slowest  moving 
unit  of  the  army.  And  for  the  supplies 
of  the  modern  “flying  squadron,”  the  small, 
light,  high-speed  half-ton  delivery  trucks 
of  the  present  may  be  used  to  good  advan- 
tage. With  their  pneumatic  tires,  thousand- 
pound  capacity  and  speed  abilities  in  excess 
of  20  miles  per  hour,  they  serve  their  mil- 
itary uses  fully  as  well  as  their  mightier 
brothers. 

And  even  the  owner  of  a motorcycle  may 
feel  that  his  mount  may  serve  his  country  in 
time  of  need.  As  mountings  for  scouts  and 
dispatch  bearers  motorcycles  have  already 
demonstrated  their  reliability  and  useful- 
ness, not  only  in  maneuvers,  but  in  the 
present  Mexican  campaign  as  well.  But, 
if  to  every  tenth  motorcycle  in  this  country 
could  be  added  a side  car  chassis  on  which 
had  been  mounted  a machine-gun  and  light 
steel  protective  shield,  similar  to  the  type 
recently  adopted  by  the  Government,  we 
should  indeed  have  a valuable  force. 


their  every-day  uses  of  peace  these  trucks 
are  merely  performing  the  same  services 
which  they  would  be  called  upon  to  do  to 
a larger  extent  in  time  of  war.  The  trucks 
which  were  ordered  by  the  Government  at 
such  short  notice,  and  which  responded  with 
such  wonderful  work  in  the  Mexican  cam- 
paign in  which  they  proved  their  ability 
to  travel  over  the  rocky  trails  and  arid 
wastes,  were  none  other  than  stock  models 
of  commercial  vehicles  provided  with  special 
types  of  easily  replaceable  bodies  which 
made  them  suitable  for  the  protection  and 


OXJM  AMERICAN  VOLUI 


UP-TO-THE-MINU3 
The  Idaho  regiment  of  volunteers  bei 
entrain  for  the  Mexican  border.  The 
of  citizens  and  the  movement  was  exi 
big  changes  in  the  handling  of  troops 
creased  use  of  motors.  Gasolene  has  ch 


K R 0 A Q f>  | L 


INTERESTING  COMPARISONS  FROM  I 


SIXTH  MASSACHUSETTS  ENTKAINING  FOR  THE  SOUTH 


A spirited  drawing  of  this  famous  regiment  at  the  Jersey 
City  railroad  station,  from  where  it  left  for  the  front  in  the 
War  between  the  States.  The  varieties  of  head  dress  indi- 
cate a state  of  preparedness  about  on  a par  with  later 
periods.  The  intensity  of  feeling  developed  by  the  War 


between  the  States  was  lacking  in  the  Spanish  war  and  in 
the  threatened  trouble  with  Mexico.  Both  these  were 
merely  military  police  work  and  not  serious  struggles.  It 
is  a sad  commentary  on  our  national  foresight  and  efficiency 
that  both  found  the  country  unprepared  to  meet  the  situation. 


MOST  FAMOUS 
ROUGH  RIDER 
Colonel  Theodore 
Roosevelt,  at  Camp 
Wikoff,  Montauk 
Point,  Long  Island, 
after  his  regiment  ot 
Rough  Riders  had 
returned  from  Cuba. 
He  was,  at  the  time 
this  picture  was  made, 
the  nominee  of  the 
Independents  for  Gov- 
ernor of  New  York 
and  was  later  nomina- 
ted by  the  Republicans. 


A GLIMPSE  OF  CAMP  BLACK.  HEMPSTEAD,  X.  Y. 


A GREETING  F 


Part  of  the  New  York  Guard  was  mobilized  here  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish 
war.  Note  the  wall  tents  with  extra  flies.  These  have  now  given  way  to 
found  marquee  tents  for  camp  and  the  small  shelter  tents,  or  “pup”  tents  as 


the  soldiers  call  them,  for  the  march.  A marquee  tent  accommodated  six  or 
eight  men.  It  is  supported  by  a pole  in  the  center  and  is  easily  loosened  and 
drawn  up  around  the  pole  to  allow  the  ground  under  it  to  dry  out. 


New  York  City’s  crack  regiment  arrivi 
of  much  interest  and  the  pretty  Texas 
many  of  whom  are  from  the  best  famili< 
York  in  day  coaches  but  was  tr 


WILSONS’ 

, I UNION  ?} 
i'SOUAV  E; 

ilBATALLlON' 
L 0 EATH  . 1 
j <,  to  \ 
I secessionist' 


nhs-J 


RANSPORTATION 
aken  in  automobiles  to  the  station  to 
:hines  were  loaned  by  a large  number 
d with  great  promptness.  Most  of  the 
e 1898  are  due  in  some  way  to  the  in- 
i warfare  more  than  any  other  material. 


WILSON’S  ZOUAVES  AT  TAMMANY  HALL 

Colonel  William  Wilson’s  Zouaves  were  mustered  into 
service  at  Tammany  Hall,  New  York  City,  for  service  in  the 
War  between  the  States,  and  after  being  sworn  into  the 
army  took  an  unofficial  oath  to  go  through  Baltimore  or  die. 


'TEEMS  IN 

SLIE’S  OF  THE  BOYS  OF  ’61, 


EAGER  FOR  A 
BRUSH  WITH  THE 
SPANIARDS 
The  Twelfth  Regiment 
of  New  York  Volun- 
teers in  heavy  march- 
ing order  at  the  State 
Camp  at  Peekskill,  in 
1898,  ready  to  entrain 
for  a Southern  con- 
centration camp.  They 
have  just  been  sworn 
into  the  national  mili- 
tary service.  Like  the 
Guardsmen  of  1916 
they  were  all  eager  to 
see  actual  service.  The 
equipment  then  and  to- 
day was  much  alike  as 
is  shown  by  a compari- 
son of  this  photograph 
with  that  of  the  Sev- 
enth New  York  regi- 
ment in  the  lower  right 
hand  comer  of  the 
page.  Both  differ 
greatly  from  the  Sixth 
Massachusetts  of  1861, 
to  the  extreme  left. 


SWEAK  TO  GO  THROUGH  BALTIMORE 
Baltimore  was  divided  in  sentiment  and  many  of  its  citizens 
were  hostile  to  the  Northern  troops  that  passed  through  on 
their  way  to  the  defense  of  Washington;  hence  the  Zouaves* 
oath.  Excitement  was  at  fever  heat  in  North  and  South. 


THE  SEVENTH  COrVRIGHT  *M  MESS  MS  * 
t Camp  McAllen,  Tex.,  was  the  center 
: smiled  sweetly  on  the  boys  in  khaki, 
the  metropolis.  The  Seventh  left  New 
!ired  to  Pullman  cars  en  route. 


FINE  SPORT  WHEN  THE  TEMPERATURE  IS  115  IN  THE  SUN 


The  Seventh  New  York  marching  from  the  train  to  camp  at  Camp  McAllen. 
The  men  were  carrying  their  campaign  equipment,  weighing  about  50  pounds, 
and  the  day  was  hot,  even  for  Texas,  where  the  temperature  is  frequently  115 
in  the  sun  and  occasionally  higher.  It  was  later  found  necessary  to  relieve  the 


northern  troops  from  heavy  military  duties  during  the  heat  of  the  day  until 
they  became  acclimated.  It  was  freely  predicted  that  the  Guard  would  be  kept 
along  the  border  until  fall,  and  then  sent  home.  Only  the  most  optimistic 
Guardsmen  had  any  hope  left  of  fighting  Mexicans. 


HAWAII’S  GUARD  OF  MANY  NATIONS 


P"  A 

* 

0 

CHINESE  GUARDSMEN  HAVE  A COMPANY  OF  T11E1R  OWN 


The  National  Guard  of  Hawaii  is  sixth  in  size  among  all  the  State  organizations,  being  about 
equal  to  that  of  Illinois.  Its  members  come  from  many  nationalities.  Company  H,  First  In- 
fantry, N.  G.  H.,  is  made  up  exclusively  of  Chinese,  the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  the  service 


of  the  United  States.  It  is  a good  looking  company,  as  the  photograph  shows,  and  one 
of  its  sergeants,  James  Ho,  stood  ?6th  out  of  700  participants  in  National  Rifle  Match  at 
Jacksonville  in  1915,  an  unusual  record  for  a recruit.  The  company  was  organized  in  1914. 


THIS  COMPANY  IS  MADE  UP  EXCLUSIVELY  OF  NATIVE  HAWAIIAN'S 


Company  I,  First  Infantry,  N.  G.  H.,  is  140  strong  and  every  man  is  a native  Hawaiian.  There 
ai**  39,000  Hawaiians  in  the  islands,  and  one  out  of  every  thirteen,  or  3,000,  are  in  the  National 
Gw.ard.  They  form  about  60  per  cent,  of  the  total  strength  of  the  Guard.  Among  the  other 
rationalities  in  the  Guard  are  British,  French,  Russians,  Portuguese,  Filipinos,  Japanese  and 
Porto  Ricans.  Generally  these  different  nationalities  serve  in  the  same  companies,  although 


there  is  one  company  exclusively  of  Filipinos.  If  the  entire  United  States  had  a National  Guard 
as  large  in  proportion  to  the  total  population  as  Hawaii's  we  would  have  8,000,000  organized 
militiamen.  The  Guard  has  been  well  organized  and  equipped  by  the  Territorial  Government 
at  a minimum  expense  since  most  of  the  armories  are  furnished  by  private  individuals  of 
corporations.  Hawaii  has  been  a part  of  the  United  States  for  only  18  years. 


WAR  ALONG  THE  MEXICAN  BORDER 


SCENE  OF  THE  TROUBLE 
Bird’s-eye  view  of  Columbus,  N.  M.,  looking  from  the  south, 
from  which  direction  Villa  advanced  with  1,500  bandits  and 
attacked  the  town. 


C0MRir.nT 

DDDDRWOOD  UNDERWOOD 

READY  FOR 
ANOTHER  BRUSH 
United  States  regulars 
lying  prone,  in  close 
formation,  and  pre- 
pared to  resist  attack 
by  an  enemy  in  mass. 
Our  troops  on  the  bor- 
der were  as  well  trained 
and  as  well  seasoned 
for  active  and  trying 
duty  as  any  soldiers  in 
the  world. 


IVr’L  FILM 

AN  UNHAPPY 
HEROINE 

Mrs.  Maud  Hawk  Wright, 
an  American  woman  whose 
husband  was  killed  by  Villa’s 
men  at  her  home  in  Mexico 
and  who  was  forced  to  travel 
for  nine  days  with  Villa’s 
band.  After  the  attack  on 
Columbus  she  was  set  free 
and  she  afterward  recovered 
her  baby  which  the  Mexicans 
took  from  her. 


STOR  Y OF  THE  COLUMBUS 
ATROCITY  TOLD  IN 
PHOTOGRAPHS  MADE 
FOR  LESLIE’S 


iCLIH 

WHOLESALE  CREMATION  OF  DEAD  BANDITS 


Burning  the  bodies  of  nearly  100  of  the  invading  Mexicans  killed  by  the  American  soldiers  during  the  fight  at  Columbus. 

Twenty-five  more  bodies  of  Mexicans  were  found. 


WHERE  THE  MEXICANS  APPLIED  THE  TORCH 


Ruins  of  buildings  which  were  set  on  fire  by  the  Mexican  raiders  and  destroyed.  In  the  fore-  I rescued  Mrs.  Rachel  Walker  from  a burning  hotel  by  tying  sheets  to  her  arms  and  lowering 

ground  it  shown  Jolly  Garner,  a customs  border  rider  who,  with  hte  partner  Ben  Aguirre,  |i  her  from  a window.  Garner  is  a brother  qf<  Congressman  Garner  of  Texas. 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  A U DEhWOOD 

AIRMEN  MEET  A FRIEND 
Captain  B.  D.  Foulois  and  Lieutenmt  J.  E. 
Carberry,  of  the  army  aviation  squad,  were  forced 
to  descend  20  miles  from  camp  by  a sudden  storm. 
Their  motor  was  put  out  of  commission,  but 
Pedro  Escodede  showed  his  friendliness  by  hitch- 
ing up  his  mules  and  hauling  the  aviators  t ■>  camp 
The  airmen  proved  of  much  service  in  scouting  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  their  equipment  was  poor. 


CvPYBIGHT  int’l  film  mnci 

REAL  AMERICAN  SOLDIERS 
Four  of  the  Apache  Indians  who  enlisted  as 
scouts  to  trail  Villa.  They  are,  from  left  to 
right:  John  Chas-en-day,  Chavi  Chissay,  Chief 
Yet-sud-ay  and  Ska-ven-de.  In  all  20  Apaches 
enlisted.  They  were  fitted  out  with  army  clothes 
but  wore  eagle  feathers  in  their  hats  and  brought 
their  own  ponies.  Two  of  them  helped  to  trail 
Chief  Geronimo  through  northern  Mexico.  Sev- 
eral of  the  Indians  were  over  60  years  of  age,  but 
they  are  all  keen  for  the  trail  They  were  em- 
ployed as  scouts  at  Fort  Apache. 


the  tryout 

Sixteenth  Infar.try  ma- 
chine gun  section  testing  a 
gun  at  their  camp  in  Mexi- 
co. The  failure  of  machine 
guns  to  work  during  the 
Columbus  raid  reflected  a 
doubt  on  that  form  of 
weapon  as  provided  for 
our  army,  and  the  utmost 
care  was  then  taken  to 
have  those  with  the  puni 
tive  expedition  in  the  best 
of  condition.  The  gun  in 
the  picture  is  of  the  same 
type  as  those  used  at  Col 
umbus.  The  troops  under 
General  Pershing  by  April, 
1916,  numbered  12,000 
and  the  advance  guard  was 
400  miles  south  of  the 
border.  Small  detach 
ments  had  clashed  with 
Villa  followers  on  two  oc 
casions,  but  there  was  no 
proof  that  Villa  himself 
was  in  any  of  the  fighting , 
which,  in  both  cases,  re 
suited  in  the  rout  of  the 
bandits  with  one  life  lost 
on  the  American  side 
The  reports  that  Villa  had 
been  killed  or  wounded 
were  unreliable. 


FOR  A FIGHT  WITH  MEXICO 


OHIO  GUARDSMEN  HAVE  INFORMAL  LUNCHEON 
The  Ohio  militia  were  mobilized  at  Camp  Willis,  preparatory  to  leaving  for  the 
border.  Ohio's  Guard  averaged  high  and  include"1  all  arms  of  the  service.  Several 
regiments  got  away  for  the  border  among  the  first  25,000. 


CENTUAL  NEWS 

BUSY  TIMES  AT  FT.  MYEE 
The  District  of  Columbia  Guard  mobilized  at  Ft.  Myer 
and  the  boys  are  here  shown  drawing  their  rations  of 
tinned  food.  The  food  question  came  to  the  front 
promptly.  While  conditions  were  better  than  in  1898, 
complaint  came  from  various  States  because  the  men  were 
often  fed  on  cold  rations  for  several  days  at  a time. 


BUSY  TIMES  AT  VAN  CORTLANDT  PARK 
New  York  City  artillery  and  cavalry  units  were  mobilized  at  Van  Cortlandt  Park,  within  the 
city  limits,  when  they  started  for  border  points.  All  organizations  were  short  of  horses  and 
were  supplied  with  range  stock.  Two  men  were  killed  and  about  40  seriously  injured  in  break- 
ing these  animals.  Several  regiments  went  direct  from  armories  to  border. 


SECOND  REGIMENT  LEAVING  PHILADELPHIA 
Pennsylvania  concentrated  the  Guard  at  Mt.  Gretna.  The  Second  Infantry  was  given  a rousing 
farewell  in  Philadelphia  when  it  entrained.  Pennsylvania  has  the  second  largest  Guard  organiza- 
tion in  the  country,  only  New  York  exceeding  it.  The  quality  is  high,  but  all  regiments  were 
under  strength  when  the  call  came,  and  laok  of  equipment  for  recruits  delayed  mobilization. 


FILLING  UP  MASSACHUSETTS  REGIMENTS 
Recruits  for  Company  A of  the  Fifth  Massachusetts  being  sworn  in  at  Camp  Whitney.  The 
Massachusetts  Guard  was  the  first  from  New  England  to  be  ready  to  start  for  the  front. 
At  the  end  of  10  days  after  the  President’s  call  for  the  militia  less  than  20,000  men  had  entrained 

for  the  border. 


WHILING  AWAY  THE  TIME 

A little  game  of  craps  in  the  camp  of  the  Thirty-first  Michigan  Infantry.  The  men 
had  plenty  of  spare  time  on  their  hands  and  reading  matter  was  not  plentiful. 


IF  VILLA  WERE  ONLY  IN  SIGHT! 


HOW  THE  GUARDS 

ON  THE 

PHOTOGRAPHS  MADE  ESPECIALLY 


The  Eighteenth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  of  Pittsburgh,  at  skirmish  drill.  Drilling  was  done  mornings  and 
evenings,  so  far  as  possible,  as  the  heat  was  intense  during  the  middle  of  the  dav. 


UP-TO-DATE  FIGHTING  EQUIPMENT 
Fifth  Maryland  machine  gun  company.  The  light  motor  cars  were  used  to  transport 
men,  guns  and  ammunition,  giving  the  company  great  mobility. 


PUTTING  ON  THE  FIRST  SET  OF  SHOES 
Rt-ode  Island  cavalrymen  shoeing  one  of  the  wild  range  horses  issued  to  the  regiment.  Many  of 
the  mounts  wete  hard  to  break  and  some  of  them  could  be  shod  only  by  drastic  measures. 


VERMONT  SOLDIERS  VOTE  IN  CAMP 
Vermont  allowed  her  soldiers  on  the  border  to  vote  in  the  primaries,  their  ballots  being 
counted  and  the  returns  made  just  a3  if  the  men  were  at  home. 


FOR  LESLIE’S  BY  MRS.  C.  R.  MILLER 


NEARLY  TIME  FOR  MESS  CALL 
Field  kitchen  in  the  Wisconsin  machine  gun  company  camp,  at 
work  on  the  evening  meal.  Soup  and  vegetables  are  cooked 
on  top  and  beef  roasted  in  the  oven. 


PAY  DAY  DOES  COME  IN  SOME  CAMPS 

A line  of  First  Kansas  infantrymen  waiting  for  their  pay.  Some  of  the  guardsmen  waited  months  (but 
not  in  line)  for  their  pay.  There  was  much  just  criticism  of  this  mismanagement. 


KENTUCKY’S  GENERAL 
General  Roger  Williams,  who 
commands  the  Kentucky 
troops,  has  been  35  years  in  the 
National  Guard,  and  during 
that  time  has  had  some  ex- 
citing experiences  in  quelling 
feuds  among  the  mountaineers. 


OHIO  BOYS  AT  WORK 
Hospital  corps  of  the  Fourth  Ohio  Infantry 
bringing  in  a man  who  had  been  injured  while 
breaking  a horse. 


ANOTHER  WAY  OF  SHOEING  VICIOUS  ANIMALS 
The  Maryland  men  in  camp  at  Eagle  Pass,  Tex.,  built  this  contrivance  to  Keep  mules  docile  while 


the  blacksmith  nailed  on  the  shoes. 


It  was  less  trouble  than  throwing  the  animal  and  was  not  so 
likely  to  injure  him. 


THE  ARMY  WAiER  COOLER 

Water  is  placed  in  a specially  made  convas  bag  suspended  so  that  the  air  circulated  freely 
around  it  and  evaporation  kept  the  water  comparatively  cool.  This  one  was  in  use  in  the 
camp  of  an  Illinois  regiment. 


PHOTOGRAPHS  BY  MRS.  C.  R.  MILLER 


THE  CAMP  COTTON  (TEX.)  HAND  LAUNDRY 
The  handsome  lithographed  posters  of  army  life 
never  show  this  scene.  It  is  one  of  the  little  surprises 
Uncle  Sam  reserves  for  recruits. 


A PARI  OF  THE  MOTORCYCLE  CORPS  AT  FORT  BLI^S,  TEXAS 


These  motorcyclists  probably  kept  in  mind  those  back  home 
whom  they  would  prefer  to  inspectors  for  companions. 
Doubtless  they  remembered  parks  and  boulevards  where  they 


would  rather  ride  than  from  one  hot  camp  to  another  hot 
camp.  But  some  one  had  to  carry  dispatches  and  inspectors 
from  place  to  place  and  do  the  other  hard  work. 


A FINE  BUSINESS  OPENING  FOR  A GARAGE 
At  first  glance  this  scene  looks  like  a circus  coming  to  town,  but  there  are  no 
bales  of  hay,  no  small  boys  carry;ng  water  for  the  elephants,  and  it  is  no 
circus.  It  was  a motor  truck  camp  at  Fort  Sam  Houston,  Tex. 


■2^7, 

I 


N> 


EVERY  MAN  HIS  OWN  VALET  -n 

"The  Government  certainly  made  a poor  job  of  sewing 
on  this  button.  It  has  come  off  six  times  since  I sewed 
it  on.” 


THE  FAST  MAIL  AT  SAN  ANTONIO 
It  was  easier  to  get  the  truck  out  of  the  mud  hole  when  the 
Wisconsin  boys  got  out  and  got  under. 


AN  OFFICIAL  EX  AMIN  ATION 
This  soldier’s  job  was  to  examine  packages  which 
cross  the  International  Bridge  at  Eagle  Pass,  Tex., 
to  see  that  no  old  lady  smuggled  bullets  to  Villa. 


ARMORED  MOTOR  CARS  AT  FORT  BLISS 

These  traveling  forts  which  have  been  of  such  importance  in  the  fighting  in  Europe  are  of  steefl  and  carry  machine 

guns  as  well  as  men  and  ammunition. 


THE  HOSE  AND  THE  INCINERATOR 
With  fire  and  water  the  Massachusetts  Signal  Corps  men  kept 
♦he  camp  at  El  Paso,  Tex.,  in  such  a condition  as  to  evoke  favor- 
able comments  on  its  neatness. 


DRAWN  BY  BOARDMAN  ROBINSON 


Copyright.  1917.  by  Leslie's 


WELCOME 


MARINES  GOING  ON  BOARD 

Transports  will  probably  be  leaving  United  States  ports  with  the  regularity  of  clockwork.  However,  I reason,  the  pictures  on  these  two  pages  must  speak  for  themselves  as  tar  as  *‘n  ws  is  concerned, 

no  information  regarding  time  or  place  of  departure  will  be  issued  by  the  Government.  For  this  | Marines  with  full  service  equipment  are  shown  going  up  the  gangplank. 


A LAST-MINUTE  RECRUIT 
Usually  there  is  considerable  red  tape  to  unravel  before  a 
man  gets  into  the  service.  Perhaps  this  isn’t  a hurry-up 
•job  after  all,  but  a case  where  red  tape  prolonged  the  re- 
enlistment  of  a seasoned  soldier. 


GOOD-BYE 


The  farewells  have  all  been  made  and  the  big  ship  is  ready  to 
start  on  its  long  journey.  The  rules  and  plans  of  the  transport 
service  require  a maximum  of  comfort  in  a minimum  amount  of 
space  for  each  soldier.  Nothing  is  left  to  chance  or  an  emer- 


gency. System  prevails  on  a transport  as  in  every  other  branch 
of  the  military  service.  Particular  care  is  taken  to  prevent  the 
carrying  of  stowaways  or  persons  who  may  attempt  to  gain 
admission  to  the  ship  as  spies  or  to  do  damage. 


ON  THEIR  WAT 


The  transport  shown  here  is  about  to  leave  an  American  port  carrying  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines.  I porting  troops  being  done  that  many  large  bodies  have  been  moved  without  any  of  the  details  having 

In  the  crowd  on  the  pier  are  relatives  and  friends,  many  in  tears.  So  quietly  is  the  work  of  trans-  | been  learned  by  the  public. 


SOLDIERS  ON  THEIR  WAY 


Here  are  Uncle  Sam’s  infantrymen  in  complete  marching  equip- 
ment embarking  on  a ship  for  parts  unknown.  While  these  men 
will  be  relieved  of  regular  duty  during  the  voyage,  they  must 
follow  this  routine:  Reveille,  6 A.  M.;  breakfast,  6:30;  sick 


call,  7:15;  guard  mounting,  8:00;  inspection,  10:30;  dinner, 
1 2 M. ; sick  call,  4 :00  P.  M. ; inspection,  30  minutes  before  sunset; 
supper,  5.00;  retreat,  sunset;  call  to  quarters,  8:45;  taps  9:00.  In 
addition,  every  man  is  put  through  vigorous  exercise  or  drill  daily. 


ONE  OF  MANY  FAREWELLS 
A point  commented  upon  during  the  Great  War  is  the  courage 
and  smiles  with  which  mothers,  wives  and  sweethearts  of  the 
soldiers  of  the  many  armies  have  sent  their  dear  ones  to  the 
front.  American  women  are  keeping  up  the  record. 


FRANCE 


EXCLUSIVE  PHOTOGRAPHS  FOR  “LESLIE’S** 


PARADING  IN  PARIS  ON  JULY  4TH 

Through  streets  crowded  with  enthusiastic  civilians  and  soldiers,  a battalion  I national  airs  of  the  Allies.  The  demonstration  in  praise  of  our  men,  sur- 

of  American  soldiers  marched  on  Independence  Day,  wnib  bands  played  the  | passed  anything  of  the  kind  in  the  history  of  the  city. 


S;  r.  ’ ■' 

^^r^-r-rrrj>  /'/*/ V'/,l  /V43 

•fl 

I fc  T 

k m 

1 

THE  AMERICAN 
BARRACKS  IN 
FRANCE 

In  long  cantonments  such 
as  those  seen  at  the  left, 
the  regulars  and  marines 
of  the  expeditionary  force 
are  quartered. 


BROTHERS 


The  wounded  poilu  is  extending  a wel 
in-arms.  French  soldiers  have  met 
acknowledgment  that  the  arrival  of 
hope  to  this  war* 


COPYRIGHT  K ADEL  8c  HERBERT 


IN  AtfiUd 


come  to  his  American  brother- 
their  new  Allies  with  frank 
American  troops  brings  new 
worn  people. 


UNITED  STATES  REGULARS  IN  PARIS  — - — - - 

The  Stars  and  Stripes  were  much  in  evidence  in  Paris  on  July  4th,  and  the  two  flags  I in  the  parade,  were  cheered  by  crowds  who  echoed  the  cry  “Vive  Les  Etats  Unis!” 
seen  here,  one  “Old  Glory,”  the  other  the  regimental  flag  of  the  men  who  participated  | far  into  the  night.  France  has  adopted  the  American  so1  her  and  holds  him  dear- 


GERMAN  PRISON- 
ERS UNLOADING 
RAILS 

The  same  transports  that 
carried  our  soldiers  to  the 
shores  of  France  also 
took  thousands  of  tons 
of  rails  for  the  railroads 
of  France.  While  rolling 
stock  may  deteriorate 
and  still  do  its  work  after 
a fashion,  the  roadbeds 
must  be  kept  up  and  the 
piles  of  rails  seen  here  will 
soon  be  spiked  to  ties  close 
up  to  the  fighting  line. 
German  prisoners  on  the 
docks  were  among  those 
who  witnessed  the  arrival 
of  the  transports. 


THE  AMERICAN 


TO  BEAT  THE  WAY  TO 
BERLIN 

The  marines,  who  always  take 
great  pride  in  their  initiative  and 
in'  bemgjdr s g roinT7l7~TTre 
now  enthusiastic  over  their  $00,- 
000  subscription  to  the  French 
War  Loan.  They  are  making  up 
for  their  small  numbers  in  their 
“esprit/’ 


MESS  TIME  FOR  THE  SOLDIERS  OF  THE  SEAS 


The  American  troops  in  France  are  probably  the  best  fed  of  the  soldiers  of  any 
of  the  belligerents.  Virtually  all  the  supplies  are  sent  from  the  United  States. 
Thousands  of  cases  of  canned  goods  and  sides  of  beef  are  required  weekly  to  supply 


the  first  division  in  France.  One  of  the  greatest  problems  in  waging  war 
against  Germany  is  that  involved  in  maintaining  the  open  wraterway  to  France 
in  order  to  carry  supplies  to  the  army  and  the  allied  countries. 


LINING  UP  FOR  MESS 

The  soldiers  of  this  company  fiU  the  company  street,  ready  to  make  a run  on  the  “bank”  with  their  tin  cups,  I battles  and  active  field  work  in  addition  to  long  hikes.  The  result  of  all  this  work  is  that  the  mess  is  well 

plates,  knives  and  ferks.  Troops  iu  France  are  pultiug  in  eight  hours  a day  hard  work  at  trench  digging,  sham  | patronized.  Incidentally  the  mess  would  arouse  the  envy  of  many  of  us  who  have  remained  at  home. 


ARMY  m F 


ANCE 


REVIEW  IN  CAMP 


When  the  American  army  went  into  camp  in  France  the  weather 
had  been  exceedingly  disagreeable  and  ceremonials  had  been 
virtually  dispensed  with.  Rut  there  was  never  a let  up  in  the 


intensive  training  of  the  men.  Officers  and  non-commissioned 
officers  received  particular  instruction  in  “scientific"  work 
in  the  trenches  and  the  men  were  put  through  sham  battles. 


THE  MARINE  S OUTFIT 

The  Marine’s  outfit  does  not  differ  greatly  from  that  of  the  infantryman's.  Without  rifle,  the  com- 
plete load  amounts  to  about  32  pounds.  It  is  divided  into  the  pack,  the  belt  and  articles  attached 
to  it,  and  the  haversack. 


AMERICAN  AND 
FRENCH  OFFICERS 

Major-General  Sibert,  com- 
mander of  the  Ameri- 
can troops  at  the  front  in 
France,  is  seen  here  in  the 
center  surrounded  by  Amer- 
ican and  French  officers. 
He  has  just  finished  mak- 
ing an  inspection  of  the 
American  camp.  Botk 
General  Pershing  and  Gen- 
eral Sibert  have  urged  the 
men  of  the  new  army  to  for- 
get individual  Liberties  and 
subordinate  themselves  la 
discipline.  We  do  not  want 
automatic  soldiers,  says 
General  Pershing,  but  we 
w7ant  every  soldier  to  real- 
ize that  he  is  a potential  offi- 
cer and  to  make  a good  com. 
manding  officer  he  must  pre- 
serve his  initiative  and 
executive  ability  and  think 
for  himself- 


THE  AMERICAN  CAMP 


The  area  of  the  American  camp  is  constantly  being  enlarged  and  now  covers  several  square  I adoption  of  khaki  in  place  of  their  more  distinctive  uniform  of  forest  green.  This  is  because 

miles.  The  United  States  Marines  are  dejected  over  the  order  which  will  necessitate  their  J the  green  uniform  looks  like  the  German  field  gray  after  it  has  been  in  service  a short  time. 


1 HE  CAMP  DINNER  IN  TIIE  GREAT  SUMMER  PLAYGROUND 


From  the  Thousand  Islands  west  and  north  into  Canada  stretch  thousands  of  square  miles  of 
country  reserved  by  nature  for  a playground.  Too  rocky  for  farming,  it  abounds  in  lakes 
and  streams  full  of  fish  and  is  covered  with  timber  that  shelters  game.  Here  every  variety 


of  life  in  the  open  may  be  found.  Elegant  summer  hotels  afford  luxuries  for  those  who  want 
them:  primitive  camps  bring  joy  to  those  who  like  to  "rough  it."  For  boating,  swimming  and 
fishing  the  Thousand  Islands  is  one  of  the  most  favored  localities  in  the  world. 


[ THE  ELECTRIC  WAT  ACROSS  THE 

' roc: 


PHOTOS  COURTESY  C..  M.  «c  ST.  P.  RY. 


m. 


A PARADISE  FOR  TOURIoTS 
A glimpse  of  the  majestic  mountain  scenery  along  the  line  of  the  world’s 
greatest  electrified  railway.  The  electrification  has  not  yet  reached  this 
point,  near  Kendall’s  Peak,  Cascade  Mountains,  in  Washington,  but 
some  day  the  electric  engine  will  replace  the  shrieking  locomotive  in  this 
beautiful  valley. 


:trt* 


• THE  SOURCE  AND  APPLICATION 
Above  is  a view  of  the  hydroelectric  power  plant  at 
Great  Falls,  Mont.,  which  furnishes  electricity  for 
the  C.,  M.  & St.  P.  railway  in  a current  of  100,000 
volts.  To  the  left  the  electrically  operated  Olym- 
pian, the  most  luxurious  train  on  the  road,  approach- 
ing Eagle  Nest  Tunnel,  Montana  Canyon,  Mont., 
with  the  observation  car  in  the  rear.  Electric 
engines  obviate  the  smoke  nuisance  in  tunnels 
and  snow  sheds. 


FIGHTING  SNOW  IN  THE 
BITTER  ROOT  MOUNTAINS 
The  heaviest  snow  fall  in  20  years 
in  western  regions  made  the  trans- 
continental railroads  much  difficulty 
in  keeping  their  lines  open.  Huge 
rotary  snow  plows,  pushed  by  one  or 
several  engines  as  the  occasion  might 
require,  threw  the  snow  from  the 
tracks  as  here  illustrated.  The  crews 
suffered  severely  as  the  temperature 
was  frequently  from  10  to  20  below 
zero  for  days  at  a time.  The  St.  Paul 
road  had  the  hardest  fight  of  all,  but 
managed  to  operate  its  transconti- 
nental trains  almost  on  schedule 


COPYRIGHT  M.  P.  MOOKK  A T.  H LAMB 

PHOTOGRAPH  OF  THE  MYSTERY  SHIP 
Here  is  a photograph  of  the  mysterious  German 
commerce  raider  that  captured  the  British  liner 
Appam  and  sent  her  into  Norfolk  under  a prize 
crew.  It  was  taken  through  a porthole  of  the 
Appam  on  January  16th,  by  F.  S.  Oliver,  second 
steward  of  the  ship,  and  formerly  a soldier  in 
the  Sixteenth  Queens  Lancers.  He  developed  the 
negative  on  shipboard  and  made  three  prints, 
one  of  which  he  gave  to  each  of  three  persons  to 
increase  the  chances  of  the  picture  getting  ashore. 
He  hid  the  negative  in  his  mattress,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  smuggling  it  ashore  at  Norfolk,  where 
he  turned  it  over  to  a representative  of  the 
British  Embassy.  Tt  will  probably  enable  the 
Admiralty  to  identify  the  raider.  The  raider  is 
evidently  a commercial  ship  and  probably  sailed 
from  one  of  the  German  ports,  though  how  she 
managed  to  slip  past  the  British  blockade  is  unex- 
plained. It  is  rumored  that  she  is  accompanied 
by  a German  cruiser,  probably  the  Roon.  Marine 
insurance  rates  continue  to  increase  owing  to  tb 
presence  of  these  boats  in  the  Atlantic. 


COLUMBIA  RIVER  ICE  HOLDS  STEAMER  IN  DEADLY  GRIP 


Unusual  winter  conditions  which  prevailed  on  the  Columbia  rivet 
when  the  steamer  Tahoma  was  caught  in  an  ire  jam  near  Cape 
Horn.  Wash  , on  January  6th.  and  early  in  February  was  still 
morisoned.  and  in  dang-r  of  being  crushed  by  the  ice  Tne 


captain  and  crew  remained  on  board.  Sometimes  the  wind  was  so 
strong  that  a man  could  not  walk  the  deck  of  the  boat  As  show- 
ing the  weather  conditions,  it  is  noted  that  Mr  Stuart,  who 
made  this  picture,  walked  across  the  river  on  the  ice 


THE  UNITED  STATES  NAVY  IS  READY  FOR  AN  EMERGENCY  AT  ANY  TIME 


The  scene  of  activity  above  gives  a glimpse  of  the  preparation  that  has  fitted  the  Navy  for  the 
important  part  which  it  is  to  play  in  the  Great  War.  In  the  picture  is  shown  the  forward  deck 
of  the  Missouri  during  the  process  of  loading  ammunition  for  the  12-inch  guns  which  constitute 
the  main  battery  of  the  ship.  The  Missouri,  which  is  a battleship  of  the  second  line,  has  a com- 


plement of  800  men.  On  every  kind  of  vessel  likely  to  be  involved  in  sea  engagements  the  mo3t 
thorough  preparation  has  been  made  to  bring  the  great  fighting  machines  up  to  their  highest 
possible  points  of  efficiency.  With  magazines  filled  and  expert  gunners  in  the  turrets,  American 
[ ships  may  be  depended  upon  to  acquit  themselves  with  honor. 


SEA  FIGHTER  READY  TO  STRIKE 


ONE  OF  UNCLE  SAM’S  BIGGEST 
This  is  a deck  scene  on  a dreadnought  that  is  stripping  for  action  in  battle  maneuvers.  All  loose 
material  has  been  removed  from  the  deck  and  the  hatches  are  being  closed.  The  searchlights 
have  been  tilted  up  so  as  to  render  them  less  likely  to  be  shot  away.  When  a warship  goes  into 
battle  it  is  stripped  inside  and  out  of  everything  inflammable  that  can  be  spared.  It  is  said  that 


BATTLESHIPS  STRIPPED  FOR  ACTION 

when  word  of  the  declaration  of  war  by  Germany  reached  the  British  Grand  Fleet  at  sea  all 
spare  lurniture  was  at  once  thrown  overboard  and  the  waves  were  dotted  with  pianos.  desks, 
chairs,  tables  and  other  luxuries  provided  by  the  officers  for  themselves  in  time  of  peace.  All 
had  to  be  sacrificed  to  reduce  the  danger  of  an  enemy's  shell  setting  the  vessel  on  fire. 


TEACHING  O 


CERS  TO 


GUT 


ISO,  THEY  ARE  NOT  RELEASING  PIGEONS 
objects  in  the  air  are  hand  grenades  which  the  candidates  for 
n the  army  are  learning  to  throw  at  if  they  were  baseballs. 


THE  BAT  ONE!  IN  T11E  TRENCH 

After  the  artillery  and  rifle  fire  has  done  its  work  engagement  after  engagement  must  be  decided  by 
the  “shock,”  which  is  nothing  more  nor  lets  than  the  hand  to-hand  fighting  of  opposing  lines  coming 
together.  The  men  above  are  giving  the  trench  dummies  a sample  of  “shock.” 


PHOTOGRAPHS  BY  JAMES  II.  HARE,  STAFF  WAR  PHOTOGRAPHER  FOR  LESLIE’S 


OVER  THE  TOP  ON  TO  THE  ENEMY 

‘Over  the  top”  usually  refers  to  going  over  the  top  of  one’s  own  trench  in  a charge  against  the 
enemy,  but  the  men  at  the  left  have  crossed  “no  man’s  land  ” and  are  on  the  point  of  going  into  the 
enemy's  trench,  bayonet  first.  The  final  jump  into  the  trench  seen  above  looks  very  simple,  but 
bitter  resistance  is  almost  certain  to  be  met.  In  bayonet  work,  which  includes  not  only  the  actual 
fighting  but  also  practice  in  overcoming  all  possible  obstacles  while  carrying  a rifle  with  fixed 
bayonet,  the  English  manual  has  been  adopted.  Though  the  German  soldier  is  an  all-round  good 
fighting  man,  his  enemies  testify  that  he  does  not  like  cold  steel,  which  has  always  been  the  favor- 
ite weapon  of  British  and  American  troops.  The  pictures  on  this  page  were  taken  by  M!  irtare  or, 
the  Officers’  Training  Camp  at  FVSfC  Myer,  Virginia. 


GOOD  FOR  A RUSH  JOB 

The  humble  chicken  wire  reduces  the  “romance”  of  war  when  used  as  a revetment  in 
trench-building.  It  is  not  quite  so  stable  and  durable  as  the  construction  on  the  right, 
but  serves  its  purpose  and  has  the  advantage  of  being  easy  to  handle  and  is  principally 
used  in  trenches  that  must  be  constructed  hurriedly. 


PERMANENCY  AND  STRENGTH 

The  chief  feature  of  the  cement-built  trench  is  durability.  It  is  mostly  employed  in 
long  sieges.  Of  course  it  requires  longer  to  construct  than  any  of  the  other  forms,  but 
once  built  it  needs  little  care  and  attention,  for  it  survives  ordinary  use  and  the  ele- 
ments, in  fact  everything  but  lieavv  fire  from  guns  of  large  calibre. 


1917  MODEL  TRENCH 
Under  the  guidance  of  vari- 
ous companies  of  engineers, 
the  student  officers  of  the 
United  States  Army  are 
given  a condensed  course  in 
the  various  kind  of  trench 
construction,  supplemented 
by  intensive  training  in  the 
use  of  pick  and  shovel. 
These  photos  were  taken  at 
the  Officers’  Training  Camp 
at  Fort  Sheridan,  111.  Simi- 
lar instruction  has  been 
given  at  all  officers’  training 
camps  and  will  be  given  to 
the  rank  and  file  of  our 
new  National  Army  in  the 
sixteen  training  camps 
throughout  the  country. 
Here  corrugated  iron  is  used 
as  a trench-lining,  with  the 
sand-bag  loopholes  labeled 
for  the  benefit  of  those  who 
are  curious  as  to  just  how 
trenches  are  built. 


GUARDING  AGAINST  GRENADE  FIRE 
Wire  screens  are  used  to  protect  trenches  in  hand-grenade 
combat  The  loopholes,  through  which  the  firing  is  done  and 
the  enemy  sighted,  are  here  built  on  the  “hopper”  style. 


A WOOD-LINED 


TRENCH 


Five  types  of  trenches  have 
been  found  most  in  use  on 
the  battlefields  of  Europe, 
some  of  them  of  such  a per- 
manent character  that  one 
would  believe  the  combat- 
ants expected  to  live  in 
them  for  years  to  come. 
Our  men  will  be  taught  to 
build  the  various  types 
which  have  proved  most 
useful  and  valuable  to  our 
Allies  in  different  phases  of 
warfare.  The  kind  of 
trench  used  will  depend 
largely  upon  the  type  of 
fighting  that  is  expected, 
the  lay  of  the  land  and  the 
vulnerability  of  the  defense. 
Here  ordinary  wood  planks 
have  been  used  for  rein- 
forcement. Wood,  perhaps 
more  than  any  other  mate- 
rial, has  been  used  in  the 
miles  and  miles  of  trenches 
that  form  the  battle-lines  of 
France. 


3 AujjL\. 


AN  ARMY  CANTONMENT  IN  THE  MAKING 
“Camp  Taylor”  at  I»uisville,  Kentucky.  It  is  named  after  General 
Zachary  Taylor  of  Mexican  War  fame.  The  16  National  Army  can- 
tonments and  the  16  National  Guard  cantonments  are  named  after 
prominent  officers  of  past  wars.  Both  Union  and  Confederate  officers  are 
mcluded.  The  other  National  Army  cantonments  are:  “Camp  Dev- 
ens,”  Ayer,  Mass.;  “Camp  Upton,*’  Yaphank,  Long  Island;  “Camp 
Dix,”  Wrightstown,  N.  J.;  “Camp  Meade,’’  Annapolis  Junction,  Md.; 
“Camp  Lee,’’  Petersburg,  Va.;  “Camp  Jackson,*'  Columbia,  S.  C.; 
“Camp  Gordon,”  Atlanta,  Ga.;  “Camp  Sherman,”  Chillicothe,  Ohio; 
“Camp  Custer,”  Battle  Creek,  Mich.;  “Camp  Grant,”  Rockford,  111.; 
“Camp  Pike,”  Little  Rock,  Ark.;  “Camp  Dodge,”  Des  Moines,  Iowa; 
“Camp  Funston  ” Fort  Riley,  Kan.;  “Camp  Travis,”  Fort  Sam  Hous- 
ton, Texas;  “Camp  Lewis,”  American  Lake.  Washington. 


LEARNING  MAP-MAKING 


The  boys  of  the  New  York  state  cadet  camp  have  proved  most  en- 
thusiastic students  of  military  science,  and  the  officers  are  loud  in 
their  praise  of  the  work  accomplished  The  cadets  have  been  subject 


to  strict  discipline  and  there  has  been  little  of  the  lighter  side  of  war 
and  much  of  deep  study.  Every  precaution,  including  inocula- 
tion against  disease,  has  been  taken  to  protect  the  boys’  health. 


. : yj*  DUNN 

NEW  YORK  S CADET  TRAINING  CAMP 
New  York  state  has  a training  camp  for  high-school  boys  at  Peekskill, 
where  1,800  students  have  been  learning  military  science  under  National 
Guard  officers.  A company  is  seen  here  on  its  way  to  the  mess  hall 
carrying  its  weapons  for  the  great  attack.  Teachers  and  instructors 
from  the  public  schools  formed  advanced  classes  at  the  camp  and  in- 
struction in  many  branches  of  the  service  has  been  given.  The  camp 
commander  is  Col.  William  H.  Chapin.  Recently  Governor  Whitman 
tttd  Major-General  John  F.  O’Ryan,  commander  of  the  National  Guard 
of  New  York,  reviewed  the  cadets. 


A KITCHEN  ON  WHEELS 
VUe  problem  of  feeding  an  army  is  one  that  demands  a perfect  organization  if  it  is  to  be  met  prop- 
«|y.  Above  is  a motor  kitcheu  used  by  the  29.d  Engineers.  N.  Y.  State  National  Guard.  This  is 
ax*  adaptation  of  the  “lunch  wagon”  now  in  use  throughout  the  country. 


MAKING  LIGHT  OF  AN  UNPLEASANT  JOB  CLARKh 

Soldiers  crave  action  and  the  more  unpleasant  and  humdrum  work  of  camp  life  i«  the  cause  of  endless  grumbling,  hut 
these  men  in  camp  at.  Chattanooga.  Tennessee,  have  the  American  snirit  of  eternal  oonmism 


MILLIONS  BIB  GODSPEED  TO  NEW 


IXTifcS 
[ 1U  UT 


STATE  TROOPS  MARCHING  DOWN  FIFTH  AVENUE 


The  Twenty-seventh  Division  of  the  United  States  Army,  made  up  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  New  York,  marched  in  a farewell  review  through  New  York  City 
on  August  30th.  Twenty-five  thousand  men  were  in  line  while  2,000,000  persons  wept, 
cheered  and  bade  farewell  to  the  soldiers.  The  march  extended  over  a course  five  miles 


long.  It  required  four  hours  for  the  troops  to  pass  the  reviewing  stand  in  front  of  the 
public  library.  One  who  watched  the  men  as  they  passed  could  not  help  but  recognize 
the  earnestness  of  purpose  and  the  intelligence  which  showed  upon  their  faces. 


YORK’S  35,000  GUARDSMEN 


PHOTOGB A PH8  BY 

JAMES  H.  IiAHE 

STAFF  WAB  PHOTOGKAPHEB 


PASSING  UNDER  WASHINGTON  ARCH 
The  great  arch  at  the  lower  end  of  Fifth  Avenue 
marked  the  termination  of  the  parade. 


THE  ARMY  MULE  PLAYa  HIS  PA?.T  STILL 
One  of  the  interesting  features  of  the  parade  was  the  baggage  train.  While  several 
motor  trucks  were  in  line  by  far  the  greater  share  of  the  division’s  baggage  was  carried 
, in  the  old  reliable  array  wagons,  each  drawn  by  four  mules. 


POLICE  AIDS  ALONG  THE  LINE 


AN  INCIDENT  OF  THE  DAY 
The  woman  in  the  picture  above  is 
running  into  Fifth  Avenue  to  hand 
a gift  to  her  son  who  is  seen  in  the 
first  line  reaching  out  to  receive  the 
present.  At  times  the  olive  drab 
lines  were  bombarded  with  candy, 
cigarettes,  fruit,  sandwiches  and 
gifts  from  those  who  lined  the  curbs 
or  watched  from  roofs  and  windows. 

* Often  during  the  five-minute  halts 
made  at  half  hour  intervals  baskets 
of  gifts  were  distributed  to  the  men. 
Flowers  too  were  used  to  show  the 
city’s  appreciation  of  the  State's 
fighting  men  and  many  blocks  were 
thickly  strewn  with  blossoms 
thrown  at  officers  and  men.  Rela- 
tives and  close  friends  of  the  men 
were  marked  by  little  white  tags, 
three  having  been  given  to  each 
guardsman  to  distribute.  The 
crowd  invariably  allowed  those  thus 
marked  to  secure  the  most  advan- 
tageous positions  along  the  line  of 
march. 


The  4,000  policemen  who  guarded  the  line  of  march  were  assisted  by  several  volunteer  organizations. 
Prominent  among  the  volunteer  workers  were  Boy  Scouts  and  members  of  the  American  Womans 

League  for  Self-Defense. 


GIRLS  THEY  LEFT  BEHIND  THEM 


SOMEWHERE  IN  CHICAGO  *T'"U- 

A scene  the  was  duplicated  many  times,  with  local  variations,  in  Chicago. 
The  mother  and  sister  are  saying  good-bye  at  the  front  gate  of  the  family 
cottage.  Chicago  Guardsmen  got  away  promptly  and  in  good  shape.  The 
city  had  an  entire  regiment  of  cavalry — the  First  Illinois — which  General 
Funston  wanted  on  the  border  because  it  had  a splendid  reputation  for 
being  well  equipped  and  well  drilled.  No  other  city  in  the  country  had  an 
entire  regiment  of  cavalry  within  its  borders.  New  York  had  the  requisite 
number  of  troops,  but  not  in  one  organization. 


SAN  FRANCISCO  WOMEN  READY  FOR  DUTY 
Miss  Cora  Otis  and  her  company  of  San  Francisco  women,  known  as  “the  society  squad,’* 
volunteered  their  services  to  tne  government  in  case  of  war  in  Mexico.  They  would  do  relief 
and  Red  Cross  work.  The  women  were  left  behind  by  the  Guardsmen  of  California,  but 
hoped  to  make  real  use  later  of  the  training  they  had  voluntarily  undergone.  Miss  Otis 
is  at  the  extreme  right  of  the  picture. 


COPYRIGHT  AM.  PRESS  AnKK UTIo.> 

HEIGHT  OF  POPULARITY 
The  soldiers  who  dropped  their  work  and  their  prospects  to  go 
to  the  border  were  repaid  by  the  admiration  of  their  girl  friends. 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  A UNDERWOOD 

HIS  LADY'S  FAVOR 
New  York  girl  pinning  a rose  on 
the  khaki  shirt  of  her  sweetheart, 
a soldier  in  the  Seventy-first 
regiment.  In  Europe  when  new 
units  leave  for  the  front  the 
women  decorate  the  soldiers 
liberally  with  flowers,  but  Ameri- 
cans are  more  restrained  in  the 
expression  of  their  sentiments. 
Mothers,  wives  and  sweethearts 
walked  miles  along  the  streets  of 
New  York  keeping  pace  with 
departing  regiments,  but  there 
was  little  weeping  and  few 
flowers  in  evidence. 


LEFT  BEHIND  BY  THE  REGULARS  •'“m 

Children  of  army  officers  sent  to  Mexico,  who  were  left  at  Ft.  Sam  Houston,  Texas,  near  San  Antonio.  They  took  part 
in  a Red  Cross  preparedness  demonstration  headed  by  Mrs.  Frederick  Funston,  wife  of  the  general  commanding  the 
Department  of  Texas.  It  is  all  in  the  day's  work  for  a regular  officer  to  be  separated  from  his  loved  ones  for  long 
periods,  but  he  feels  the  sacrifice  just  as  much  as  the  volunteer.  The  wives  and  sweethearts  of  the  regulars  have 
troubled  days,  for  their  men  are  in  the  places  of  greatest  danger  if  hostilities  should  start. 


A GLIMPSE  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  VIRGINIA  CAMPUS. 


COPYRIGHT  BY  R.  W.  HOLSINGER 


This  historic  institution  was  founded  by  Thomas  Jefferson  and  has  a world  wide  reputation  for  its  high  standards  of  scholarship  and  the  remarkable  beauty  of  its  grounds  and  buildings. 

It  was  organized  in  1819,  has  seventy-five  professors  and  instructors  and  over  seven  hundred  students. 


VAN  SlCKEL 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSISSIPPI 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ALABAMA. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  FLORIDA. 


Founded  1831,  has  50  professors  and  instructors  and  over 
60(1  students. 


Founded  1848,  has  46  professors  and  500 
students. 


Founded  1905,  has  46  professors  and  instructors  and 
190  students. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  MISSOURI. 

Columns  of  old  main  building  which  burned  in  1892  in  foreground.  Founded  1839,  has 
207  professors  and  instructors  and  2,903  students. 


IMPOSING  BUILDINGS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TEXAS. 
Founded  in  1883,  has  103  professors  and  instructors  and 
over  3,000  students. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  LOUISVILLE,  KY. 
Founded  in  1837,  has  100  professors  and 
instructors  and  900  students. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  OKLAHOMA. 
Founded  1892,  has  93  professors  and  instructors  and 
700  students. 


THE  HAINES  PHOTO.  CO. 


COPYRIGHT  BY  B.  E.  GRAB'LL 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ARKANSAS. 


Founded  1871,  has  143  professors  and  in- 
structors and  1,540  students. 


LAN  D 


US  RICHES 


S>~"»  i ~ Tj,' 


JUNEAU.  CAPITAL  OF  ALASKA  AND  ITS  LARGEST  CITY 

On  the  right  will  be  seen  one  of  the  large  stamp  mills  utilizing  the  enormous  deposits  of  low-grade  gold  ore, 
made  available  only  by  the  investment  of  millions  of  capital.  This  ore  carries  from  $1.50  to  $2.00  in  gold 
to  a ton  of  ore  and  yet  is  milled  at  a profit  of  about  75  cents  a ton  and  at  the  rate  of  10,000  tons  a day. 


GROUP  OF  PASSENGERS  ON  THE  "ADMIRAL  WATSON" 

Members  of  the  “Round-Trippers  Club”  enjoying  the  picturesque  and 
majestic  scenery  while  passing  through  the  famous  Wrangell  Narrows. 


KETCHIKAN.  A 
TYPICAL 
ALASKA  CITY 

This  was  formerly 
the  center  of  a 
large  halibut  fishing 
industry,  but  since 
the  Canadian  gov- 
ernment  has 
offered  induce- 
ments to  American 
fishermen  to  land 
their  fish  at  Prince 
Rupert  at  the  ter- 
minus of  the  Grand 
Trunk  Pacific  Rail- 
way, the  halibut 
industry  at  Ketch- 
ikan has  suffered 
severely.  Ketchi- 
kan lies  at  the  foot 
of  a mountain.  Its 
principal  street  is 
built  on  piers  as 
the  tide  runs  very 
high.  The  city  is 
surrounded  by  a 
rich  but  largely  un- 
developed mining 
territory. 


FAMOUS  MENDENHALL  GLACIER  A SHORT  DISTANCE  FROM  JUNEAU  ******** com™ 

This  is  known  as  a “dead  ” glacier,  that  is,  it  is  receding  instead  of  advancing.  | points  to  the  morain  of  pulverized  rock  and  stone  left  by  the  receding  mass  of  ice 
It  is  receding  at  the  rate  of  100  to  150  feet  every  year.  The  arrow  at  the  right  ] extending  for  miles  into  the  interior. 


PHOTOS  BY  JAMES  VERRIER 


A PERILOUS  LOOKOUT 
The  captain,  stationed  aloft  on  the  cross 
tree,  excitedly  espies  a school  of  mackerel. 


NEW  YORK  FISHING  VESSEL  PUTTING  OUT  TO  SEA 
While  other  ports  are  more  famous  for  their  fishing  fleets  than  is  the  metropolis, 
yet  it  plays  no  small  part  in  the  industry.  Mr.  Vender  had  as  much  excitement 
sailing  from  there  as  he  would  had  he  sailed  from  Gloucester  or  Marblehead. 


, 


ALL  HANDS  TO  THE  DORIES 

On  sighting  the  school,  crew  and  nets 
are  transferred  to  the  seine  boats. 


FOLLOWING  THE  SCHOOL  AND  SETTING  THE  NET 
In  the  upper  picture  the  crew  is  spiritedly  racing  with  the  school,  the  location  of  which  is  indi- 
cated by  a flock  of  gulls  overhead.  In  the  lower  cut  the  precarious  moment  has  arrived  when 
the  net  is  dropped  in  a wide  circle  and  completely  surrounds  the  unwary  denizens  of  the  deep. 


ages?  iij»«arWsi 


COUNTING  THE  SPOILS 

Seven  hundred  and  fifty  bushels  of 
writhing,  wriggling  members  of 
the  finny  tribe  stored  below  decks 
in  bins  of  cracked  ice.  Tally  is 
taken  of  the  size  of  the  catch,  a 
bonus  being  divided  among  the 
crew  for  each  bushel  over  five 
hundred. 


TnE  LAST  TASK 

The  great  net  is  carefully  sprinkled 
with  salt  to  keep  it  from  rotting 
and  is  carefully  rolled  ready  for 
the  next  trip  to  the  open  sea.  After 
the  haul  is  snug  below,  the  net 
salted,  and  the  deck  clear,  the  run 
for  port  is  made  and  the  toilsome 
task  is  over. 


TRANSFERRING  THE  CATCH 


The  schooner  and  seine  boats  are  lashed  together. 


Then  begins  the  arduous  work  of  dipping  the  living  mass  from 


the  dones  into  the  schoonet 


OUR 


GREAT  EASTERN  SUMMER  LAM) 

by  KATHLEEN  HILLS 


pense  than  on  a Western 
tour,  where  the  points  of 
interest  are  far  removed 
from  one  another,  requir- 
ing days  and  nights  of 
journeying  before  reaching 
one’s  destination. 

While  the  newer  and 
well -advertised  regions  of 
the  West  are  each  year 
attracting  an  increasing 
number,  the  old-estab- 
lished resorts  that  have 
been  known  for  a century 
or  more,  those  of  the 
Jersey  and  New  England 
coasts,  the  White  Moun- 
tains, the  Adirondacks, 
continue  in  popularity, 


EAST  is  east  and 
West  is  west,  and 
in  our  pride  ef 
possession  of  the  Grand 
Canyon,  Yosemite,  Yel- 
lowstone and  Rainier,  we 
are  prone  to  forget  the 
equally  beautiful,  though 
less  renowned  places  in 
the  East.  And  if  one 
doubts  there  are  such 
places,  let  him  look  at  the 
pictures,  on  this  page,  of 
places  that  are  annually 
delighting  thousands,  for, 
after  all,  the  East  is  the 
nation’s  playground.  F or 
every  person  who  can  af- 
ford the  time  and  expense 


COUKTCey  C.  A 0.  RY. 

ONE  OP  TOE  EAST’S  MOST 
POPULAR  RESORTS 

Old  Point  Comfort,  Va.,  with  the  ram- 
parts and  moat  of  Fort  Monroe  in  the 
foreground,  Hampton  Roads  and  Hotel 
Chamberlin  in  the  background. 


of  a trip  west  there  are  hundreds 
who  find  their  summer  pleasure  this 
side  of  the  Mississippi.  This  is  not 
only  because  there  are  here  as 
beautiful  spots  as  there  are  in  the 
est,  but  there  is  also  the  added 
attraction  of  accessibility  without 
the  expense  and  time  required  for 
a longer  journey. 

One  great  advantage  of  vaca- 
tioning in  the  East  is  that  in  the 
course  of  a two  weeks’  trip  one  can 
see  and  learn  more  and  visit  a 
greater  number  of  places  at  less  ex- 


COORTERY  HEW  YORK  CENTRAL  E.  R. 

RUSTIC  CHARM  IN  THIS  VACATION 
A simple  Adirondack  camp  that  has  given  several  summers’ 
enjoyment  and  healthful  recreation  to  a family  of  city  dwellers 


THE  GO  I RMET'S  DELIGHT  * 

Six-pounder  caught  in  Penobscot  Bay,  Me.  Most  of  the  annual 
yield  of  lobsters  on  the  Atlantic  Coast  comes  from  Maine. 


IN  THE  WHITE  MOUNTAIN  COUNTRY 
Mt.  Moosilauke  and  Warren,  N.  H.,  in  the  world-famous  New  Hampshire  group  of  the 
Appalachian  Mountains — as  picturesque  a portion  of  the  country  as  one  would  wish  to  find. 


THE  CANOEIST’S  PARADISE 

On  theKennebunk  River  .Me.  The  entire  State  with  its  hundreds  of  lakes  and  rivers  offers 
the  ideal  vacation  for  the  lover  of  the  paddle  and  canoe. 


A SCENE  OP  MEMORABLE  EVENTS  IN  THE  WAR  BETWEEN  THE  STATES 

Beautify  Harpers  Ferry,  W.  Va.,  at  the  confluence  of  the  Potomac  and  Shenandoah  Rivers.  The  whole  region  round  about  Harpers  Ferry  is  reminiscent  of  the  thrilling  days  of  1861  to  1864,  and  a vacation  if! 

this  land  is  educational  as  well  as  enjoyable. 


A “Balsa0  of  Corkwood. 

Used  by  the  Bolivian  Expedition  in  passing  down  the  Mapiri  River, 
Bolivia.  A novel  means  of  conveyance  through  a wild  and  primi- 
tive country. 


A Singhalese  “Catamaran.” 

Fishermen  guiding  a native  boat  through  the  surf  at 
Wellawatta,  Ceylon.  That  they  are  expert  in  sail 
»og  this  picturesque  craft  the  picture  shows. 


A Siberian  “Baydara.” 

This  primitive  boat  is  seen  in  process  of  construction  bv  men  who  hold 
to  ancient  habit,  the  Gukaghirs,  on  the  < ia-snchna  River  in  Not  th  western 
Sibeiia.  a bleak  country 


The  Savages  of  Japan. 

These  aborigines,  called  the  Ainus,  are  here  seen  in 
their  queer  dugout  canoes.  They  are  a fierce  and 
hardy  people  who  cling  to  the  ancient  customs  of 
their  kind. 


A or  “Junks.” 

A gathering  o'  these  characteristic  Chinese  craft  in  ^oo-Chow  Creek,  just  beyond  the 
European  section  of  Shanghai.  Natives  in  seething  filth  eat,  work,  sleep,  raise  families 
and  die  on  these  vessels,  many  never  stepping  ashore. 


The  “Vinta”  of  the  Moros. 

These  spry  little  vessels  n i\  igate  the  Sulu  seas. and  their 
occupants  run  about  American  men-of-war  to  observe, 
and  if  possible  to  steal.  One  will  dive  for  a penny,  a tin 
can  or  a bit  of  clothing. 


A Chinese  Junk. 


A Water  Device  in  India. 


The  Venetian  “Gondola.” 


This  typical  Chinese  craft,  perhaps  the  most  ancient  of  navigating 
vessels,  is  passing  Woosung.  Many  are  operated  by  pirates,  or 
are  pressed  into  casual  service  by  the  Chinese  Navy. 


Natives  are  here  seen  crossing  the  Beas,  below  Bajoura,  with  the  aid  of 
inflated  bullocks’  skins.  Such  navigation  requires  skill,  but  theie  is  no 
danger  of  sinking  while  the  skins  are  taut. 


Here  is,the  boat  that  traverses  the  canals  of  Venice,  famous  in  song 
and  story.  I.i  this  picture  a Doge’s  palace  is  seen  from  the  lagoon, 
with  gondolas  at  its  front  and  a single  one  in  the  foreground. 


Fitch’s  Steamboat. 

A model  of  the  vessel  that  sailed  the  Delaware  River  between  Phila- 
delphia and  Bordentown.  N.  J.,  before  Robert  Fulton  built  a boat. 

It  is  at  the  New  York  Historical  Society  Building. 

New  York. 


The  “Clermont.0 


The  “Half  Moon.” 


This  is  the  replica  of  the  famous  early  steamboat 
which  attracted  attention  in  the  marine  parade  in 
New  Y'ork  waters  during  the  Hudson-Fulton 
celebration  in  September.  1910. 


The  craft  of  80  tons  burden  in  which  Henry  Hudson  sailed  with 
only  about  twenty  men  on  his  voyage  of  discovery,  and  in 
which  h<*  explored  the  river  that  now  bears 
his  name 


I 


ONE  OF  UNCLE  SAM’S  SPLENDID  SUBMARINES  AT  SEA 


cottright  m l mi'llxk.  itu 


The  United  States  could  do  a little  submarining  on  its  own  account  if  involved  in  a naval  war, 
though  it  is  certain  that  its  torpedoes  would  not  be  directed  at  peaceful  merchant  vessels  without 
regard  to  the  fate  of  their  passengers  and  crews.  The  United  States  has  completed,  or  building, 
77  submarines.  The  G-class,  shown  above,  is  representative  of  the  more  modern  and  serviceable 


ones.  The  submarines  are  widely  scattered,  some  being  in  Philippine  waters,  some  at  Honolulu, 
others  on  the  Pacific  Coast  stations,  while  several  guard  the  Panama  Canal.  Many  of  those 
along  the  Atlantic  Coast  are  of  the  older  types,  useful  only  for  harbor  defense.  A resolution 
was  recently  offered  in  Congress  authorizing  100  more  submarines. 


KAUK-JSH  W 
DIE0O97  % 
ACC*6Y<”.  V" 


ALEXANDER 

ALASKA’S  SUPERB  ROOT  CROPS 


«'nt*rD¥iii',»'  p*ci  10 

AN  ODD 
MONUMENT 


A L A W D 


BOUNDART  LINE  NEAR  WHITE  PASS 

The  stake  between  the  two  flaps  indicates  the  line  dividing  British 
U olumbia  from  the  United  States 


ALEXANDER 

FRESH  SALMON  UNLOADED  AT  FORT 
GRAHAM,  ALASKA 

The  fish,  fresh  from  salmon  traps,  are  dumped  upon  the 
canning  floor  and  in  a few  hours  are  cleaned,  packed,  and 
ready  for  shipment. 


FARM  NEAR  COOK’S  INLET.  ALASKA 

Showing  how  he  rich  and  fertile  lands  of  the  valleys  can  be  cultivated  successfully 


r 


'k  ^ 


The  largest  and  finest  potatoes,  beets,  turnips,  cabbages  and 
lettuce  are  produced  on  the  valley  farms. 


HERD  OF  CATTLE  AT  KODIAK.  ALASKA 

This  picture  was  taken  at  the  United  States  Agricultural  Station  which  is  breeding  cattle  peculiarly 

adapted  to  the  needs  of  Alaska. 


Totem  pole  erected  is 
memory  of  an  Alaskan 
Indian. 


WHERE  THE  COPPER  RIVER  JOINS  THE  SEA 


This  beautiful  stream  drains  a valley  of  fabulous  riches.  Not  only  are  copper 
and  coal  found  in  abundance  but  the  agricultural  possibilities  are  great. 
Along  the  coast  this  part  of  Alaska  has  a winter  climate  as  mild  as  Washing- 


ton or  Baltimore;  in  the  interior  the  winters  are  not  more  severe  than  those 
of  Finland  or  Scandinavia.  The  scenery  along  the  Copper  River  is  magnifi- 
cent, snow-capped  mountains  being  within  sight  at  every  turn. 


PRINCIPAL  BUSINESS  STREET  OF  THRIVING  CORDOVA 

Cordova  is  destined  to  be  one  of  the  important  cities  of  the  Alaska  of  the  future,  when  the  re-  I residents  have  a foundation  in  solid  fact.  With  a square  deal  from  the  United  States  Government 

sources  of  this  great  territory  are  more  fully  developed.  It  is  handsomely  laid  out  with  streets  Alaska  is  certain  to  be  a rich  and  prosperous  commonwealth  within  a few  years  and  will  be 

70  feet  wide  and  the  beautiful  mountains  make  it  scenically  impressive.  The  expectations  of  the  | capable  of  supporting  a vast  population  of  American  citizens. 


WONDERS  OF  THE  NORTHWEST 


K 

r: 


,'5- 


TURNING  A DESERT  INTO  A GARDEN 

What  irrigation  has  done  for  the  famous  Valley  of  the  Wenatchee,  State  of  Washington.  The  finest 
orchards  and  vineyards  and  the  most  luxurious  crops  are  grown  wherever  water  touches  the  desert. 
Fruit  lands  have  had  an  extraordinary  rise  and  the  fruits  of  the  Wenatchee  Valley  are  famous  the 
world  over  for  their  size,  richness  and  flavor.  The  valley  is  half  way  between  Seattle  and  Spokane. 


•OUKTEBV  PA  !FI  Co.flr  TEAMFHIP  COMPANY 

EXCURSION  STEAMER  •‘SPOKANE"  IN  GLACIER  BAT 


This  bay  is  filled  with  floating  ice  which  breaks  ofi  from  the  glaciers  and  rapidly  melts  in 
the  warm  summer  sun.  Alaska  tourists  are  surprised  to  find  on  one  side  of  the  vessel  great 
ice  glaciers  and  on  the  other  fertile  fields  of  green  and  heavily  wooded  timber  lands. 


COPYRIGHT  1912  BY  KIR1R  ' HOTO  CO.  FOR  GREAT  NORTHER*  RAILWAY 

MAGNIFICENT  VIEW  IN  GLACIER  PARK 

One  of  the  chalets  on  “Going  to  the  Sun”  Camp  on  St.  Mary’s  Lake. 


BALMY  CLIMES  FOR  T 


^ ***** 


FROM  COLB,  RAIN, 

SNOW  AND  ICE 


PRIDE  OP  TEXAS 
The  Alamo,  historic  cradle 
of  Texas  liberty,  to  which 
annually  winter  travelers 
numbering  thousands 
make  their  pilgrimage. 
This  quaint  old  mission 
fortress  faces  Alamo  Plaza 
in  the  heart  of  San  An- 
tonio’s busy  business  sec- 
tion. 


A SACI 
FAR-j 

Sacred  1 
gateway 
h:storic 
at  Nara. 
Japan  al' 
delight  o 
tie  animi 
frequentl 


vw^//////////////////////////////////////////'//^^^ 

'/■  ^ Janet  a.  cumminu,  A/ 

'"6  MIDWINTER  BATHING  IN  THE  PENINSULA  STATE  J? 

y Midwinter  surf-bathing  is  as  enjoyable  at  Miami  and  Palm  Beach  as  any  Jw 

oihsr  attraction  that  lures  thousands  to  the  Florida  East  Coast  resorts. 


IX  SUNNY  JAMAICA 
Picturesque  scenes  greet 
one  on  every  hand  through- 
out the  Isles  of  the  Carib- 
bean. Perhaps  none  of  the 
West  Indian  Islands  offers 
greater  charm  and  variety 
of  scenery  than  Jamaica. 


K%r\  A 


WOULD  YO 
A Cl 

Every  colonial  city 
historic  cemetery 
visitors.  The  per 
tropic  beauty  of  S 
tery  attracts  mar 
coast  city  that  bl 


THE  GREATEST  JOY  FESTIVAL  ON  EARTH 


Since  the  war  abroad  closed  the  Nice  Carnival  of  sport  and  fun. 
New  Orleans  has  held  a place  unique  among  the  cities  of  the 


world.  Here  every  winter  come  thousands  of  visitors  to  partake 
in  the  festivities  connected  with  the  world-famous  Mardi  Gras. 


IE  WINTER  TRAVELER 


%%%  r 
1 1 


TO  SUNSHINE,  WARMTH 

AND  FLOWERS 


L.  H.  HIKTLA.M' 

LOCAL  COLOR  IN 
BERMUDA 

A typical  scene  that  greets 
the  traveler  to  Britain  s 
tiny  archipelago  off  the 
Carolina  coast.  Bermuda 
mingles  picturesque  prim- 
itiveness with  modern  civ- 
ilization, and  perpetual 
spring  clothes  the  fields 
and  trees  with  verdure. 


i SCENE  IN 

nr  japan 

: in  front  of 
in  ancient  and 
idhist  temple 
‘he  traveler  in 
s revels  in  the 
tting  the  gen- 
hat  are  found 
lear  old  tem- 
les. 


MARCH  IN  GLORIOUS  CALIFORNIA 
riossom  time  in  Central  California,  near  Saratoga,  where  the  annual  blossom 
* festival  is  held  in  March.  The  Pacific  Coast  is  noted  for  its  flower  carnivals,  ^ 

among  the  best-known  being  those  of  Pasadena  and  Portland. 


VSI  ERWOOD  & UN  HER  WOOD 

IN  THE  LAND  OF 
THE  SKY 

Chimney  Rock,  in  the  Blue 
Ridge  Mountains  of  West- 
ern North  Carolina,  one  of 
the  highest  points  east  of 
the  Rockies.  Throughout 
the  Land  of  the  Sky 
the  winter  sojourner  can 
enjoy  immunity  from  the 
rigors  of  a northern  winter. 


CHINK  IT  WAS 

;tery  ? 

>rth  and  south,  has  its 
: attracts  its  quota  of 
quietude  and  semi- 
nnah’s  Colonial  Ceme- 
vho  visit  this  lovely 
9 the  ancient  and  the 


FLORIDA  WEST  COAST’S  PRINCIPAL  Rf SORT 


municipally  - owned  hotel  is  proving  that  government  - owned 
properties  can  be  made  to  pay. 


Lafayette  Street  bridge  across  Hillsborough  River,  Tampa,  Fla., 
with  the  Tampa  Bay  Hotel  in  the  background.  This  successful 


THE  LAST 
STRONGHOLD  OF 
THE  HARDY 
AMERICAN  PIONEER 


A POND  OP  ASHES  AT  KODIAK,  ALASKA 

The  white  spot  in  the  foreground  was  formerly  a skating  rink. 
It  is  now  filled  four  feet  deep  with  ashes  from  the  eruption  of 
Mt.  Katmai. 


WHAT  UNCLE  SAM’S  NEGLIGENCE  IN  ALASKA  COST  c.  b.  «.ko. 

Steamship  Bertha  ran  aground  July  1915  at  Uyak  on  a sand  bar.  If  the  government  had  marked  the  bar  with  a buoy  or 
any  kind  of  aid  to  navigation  the  vessel  would  not  have  been  lost. 


TAlMAi  GB  COnoTKB 

rescued 

SEAMEN 
Crew  of  the  burned 
steamer  Bertha  be- 
ing taken  aboard 
the  steamship  Ad- 
miral Watson  at 
Uyak  Bay,  Kodiak 
Island,  after  the 
destruction  of  the 
Bertha  by  fire 
caused  by  sponta- 
neous combustion 
of  lime  when  the 
boat  sprung  a leak 
after  running  on  a 
sand  bar. 


WAITING  POE 
THE  MAIL 

At  the  new  town 
site  of  Anchorage 
on  Cook’s  Inlet, 
Alaska,  several 
thousand  settlers 
gathered  awaiting 
the  sale  of  the  town 
site  by  the  Federal 
Government.  The 
mail  facilities  were 
so  inadequate  that 
some  persons  wait- 
ed at  the  post  office 
twenty-four  hours 
to  get  letters. 


. * trv 

:■*.  jj  f 

t a "v-j  ' V,  Wk 

mt-'sT 

KLa 

SELLING  LOTS  AT  AUCTION  IN  THE  NEW  ALASKA  CITY  OF  ANCHORAGE 


Agent  Christensen  of  the  Land  Department  at  Washington  selling  I nearly  $150,000.  Anchorage  is  the  terminal  point  from  which  the 
lots  at  the  rate  of  1 M a minute  on  the  government  site  and  taking  in  / | government  railroad  is  being  built  into  the  Matanuska  coal  fields. 


A TRAVELER'S  HOLIDAY  TRIP 


BY  Dm.  W.  E.  A UGH  IN  BAUGH 


THE  SPA  OF  THE  ROCKIES 

Manitou,  Colo.,  nestles  at  the  foot  of  Pike’s  Peak,  the  snow-capped  summit  of  which  is  shown  in  the 
distance.  It  is  famous  for  its  hot  springs. 


EAGLE  NEST  ROCK 

A prominent  feature  of 
Yellowstone  National 
Park. 


FOR  20  years  I have  been 
traveling  in  Europe,  Asia 
Africa,  Latin  - America, 
the  West  Indies,  the  East  In- 
dies, the  Maritime  Provinces, 
Northwestern  Canada  and 
even  away  up  into  the 
Frozen  North,  where  I once 
spent  two  years.  I have 
9een  practically  all  the  big 
mountain  ranges  of  the  world 
with  their  highest  peaks,  snow  covered 
and  cloud  draped.  I have  been  up  most 
of  the  large  rivers  from  their  mouths  to 
where  navigation  stopped.  I have 
crossed  Lake  Titicaca,  the  highest  body 
of  navigable  water  in  the  world.  I have 
sailed  all  the  seas.  I know  the  principal 
cities  of  all  countries. 

I have  traveled  by  camel,  by  drome- 
dary, by  elephant,  in  coolie-carried  lit- 
ters, by  mule,  on  horseback,  afoot,  with 
pack  trains,  in  dugouts,  on  rafts  sup- 
ported by  inflated  goat  skins,  by  train 


REAL  AMERICAN 
Blackfoot  Indian  of  Glacier 
National  Park. 


I am  frequently  asked  by 
friends  where  to  travel  on 
pleasure,  and  I always  say 
“See  America  first.” 

If  I had  a month’s  leisure 
and  a few  hundred  dollars 
to  spend  in  traveling  for 
pleasure  I would  turn  to  the 
great  West.  Starting  from 
New  York  I would  pass 
through  Buffalo,  and  stop 
off  long  enough  to  see  Niagara  Falls,  and 
thence  to  Chicago  and  through  Milwaukee 
and  on  to  the  Twin  Cities  spending  a fev. 
days  in  the  lake  region  of  Wisconsin  and 
Minnesota,  where  I would  find  fishing, 
canoeing  and  sailing  on  some  of  the  most 
beautiful  inland  waters  of  the  world. 
I could  have  my  choice  of  large  lakes  or 
small  ones,  of  trout  streams  that  I could 
almost  jump  across  or  of  noble  rivers. 
My  eyes  would  constantly  be  delighted 
by  rolling  hills,  or  broad  plains  and  by 
all  the  wonders  of  our  own  America. 


81IIP1.ER 

TEMPLE  SQUARE.  SALT  LAKE  CITY 


Many  travelers  pronounce  Salt  Lake  City  the  most  beautiful  city  in  the  United 
States.  The  Mormon  temple  is  at  the  right  of  the  picture  and  the  tabernacle  at 

the  left. 


HARNESSING  ELECTRICITY 
TO  THE  RAILROAD 

The  St.  Paul  has  just  completed 
the  electrifying,  at  a cost  of 
$12,000,000,  of  440  miles  of  track 
over  the  heaviest  grade  of  the 
Continental  Divide.  One  hundred 
and  fifteen  miles,  from  Three 
Forks  to  Deer  Lodge,  are  now  in 
operation.  The  power  is  obtained 
from  the  Montana  Power  Com- 
pany, at  Great  Falls,  Mont., 
delivering  a combined  direct 
current  of  3,000  volts,  the  highest 
voltage  used  in  railroad  work.  In 
ordinary  street  railway  operation 
only  550  volts  are  used.  The 
electric  locomotives  weigh  284  tons 
and  cost  $212,000.  They  will  haul 
a 3,200-ton  load  up  a one  per  cent, 
grade  at  16  miles  an  hour. 


and  by  ship.  I have  slept  in 
the  open  with  the  stars  for 
a coverlet,  in  the  desert,  in 
hovels,  in  igloos,  in  tepees,  in 
hotels  of  all  kinds,  and  even 
in  palaces. 

I have  crossed  the  equator 
36  times  and  been  around  the 
world  four  times.  And,  on 
the  side,  I have  been  in  every 
State  of  the  United  States. 
In  all  I am  certain  that  I 
have  traveled  much  over 
200,000  miles. 


BEAUTIFUL  LAKE  REGION  OF  MINNESOTA 
Minnesota  has  more  than  10,000  lakes  that  have  been  platted  and  named  by  the 
state  survey.  Together  with  Wisconsin  it  forms  one  of  the  most  delightful  of 
summer  playgrounds. 


THE  GLACIERS  OF  ALASKA  ARE  THE  MOST  WONDERFUL  IN  THE  WORLD 
Few  people  realize  that  some  of  the  most  magnificent  scenery  in  the  world  is  to  be  found  in  the  far  north  possession  of  the  United  States,  Alaska  is 
growing  in  popularity  with  tourists,  but  not  half  as  fast  as  its  wonders  would  justify. 


MAKING  TRAVEL  LUXURIOUS 


by  JAMES  ADAMSON 


tif  L 

|r  ir  jn 

ijj  1 

BBu  M I35§>  . jj*.  It  “M 

IeW'  jlfri  'll 

Bl 

IF  you  are  in  Boston,  and  pleasure  or  business 
require  that  you  must  leave  for  Los  Angeles, 
you  naturally  expect  to  be  transported  with- 
out changing  cars,  except  perhaps  at  Chicago, 
quite  regardless  of  the  number  of  railroads  over 
which  the  Pullman  in  which  you  have  made  res- 
ervation is  carried.  That  you  expect  to  enjoy 
the  comforts  of  a modern  hotel  including  well- 
served  meals,  electric  lights,  heat  in  winter, 
electric  fans  in  summer,  hot  and  cold  water, 
plenty  of  towels  and  immaculate  linen  as  well  as 
the  service  of  well-trained  employees,  goes  with- 
out saying,  A barber  shop,  manicure,  baseball 
ticker  service,  stenographer,  valet,  and  the  daily 
newspapers  and  magazines  are  further  luxuries 
provided  on  the  fastest  trains. 

Back  in  the  early  fifties  a young  man  was 
travelling  in  a sleeping  car  between  Buffalo  and 
Westfield.  The  car  was  a mere  box  car  with  a 
triple  tier  of  wooden  bunks  built  into  the  sides. 

Practical  only  for  night  travel,  rude,  unventi- 
lated, unsanitary,  inconvenient  and  uncomforta- 
ble, the  car  impressed  the  young  cabinet  maker 
and  contractor  as  the  apotheosis  of  barbaric 
discomfort,  and  into  his  active  brain  came  the 
conception  of  a car  based  on  entirely  different 
lines  of  construction,  a car  that  would  be  com- 
fortable and  commodious,  a car  in  which  travel  would 
be  made  pleasurable. 

George  M.  Pullman  was  the  passenger,  and  a few  years 
later,  in  1857,  two  old  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  coaches 
were  fitted  with  sleeping  car  features  of  his  own  design. 
The  work  was  done  at  the  Alton  shops  at  Bloomington,  111., 
and  in  1857  the  first  Pullman  was  run  from  Bloomington  to 
Chicago  over  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad. 

! The  next  few  years  were  devoted  to  costly  experiments. 
A workshop  was  rented,  skilled  mechanics  employed  and 
the  inventor  evolved  the  elements,  by  sheer  ingenuity,  on 
which  the  modern  Pullman  is  based.  Following  the  two 
remodelled  Alton  coaches  was  born  in  1863  the  first  real 
Pullman.  In  a shed  on  the  site  of  the  present  Union 
Station  in  Chicago  a car  was  constructed  in  which 
for  the  first  time  the  space  above  the  windows 
was  utilized  for  the  storage  of  bedding  and  fur- 
niture by  what  is  known  as  the  “Pullman 
upper  berth”  construction.  This  car  was  named 
the  Pioneer  and  true  to  its  title  marked  a far 
outpost  in  the  development  of  railroad  travel. 

Due  to  the  fact  that  the  Pioneer  type  of  sleep- 
ing car  represented  an  outlay  of  practically 
$20,000,  while  the  cost  of  sleeping  cars  furnished 
by  the  individual  railroads  rarely  exceeded 
$4,000,  it  was  necessary  to  charge  a slightly  in- 
creased price  for  a berth.  In  the  $4,000  cars 
$1.50  was  the  price  on  certain  runs;  for  a Pull- 
man berth  on  the  same  run  $2  was  asked.  Un- 
decided if  the  public  would  care  to  pay  for  the 
increased  safety,  comfort,  cleanliness  and  con- 
venience, cars  of  both  types  were  operated  on 
the  same  trains.  The  decision  was  instantaneous 
and  the  only  grumblers  were  those 
who  could  not  get  accommoda- 
tions on  the  Pullman  cars. 

One  of  the  curious  exhibits  in 
the  Pullman  offices  is  the  menu  of 
the  first  dining  cars  (then  oper- 
ated by  the  Pullman  Co.,  instead 
of  the  railroads,  as  at  present) 
showing  that  the  “high  cost  of 
living”  was  higher  in  those  early 
days  than  now.  For  instance, 
eggs  boiled  or  in  any  form  were 
40  cents,  raw  oysters  50  cents, 
coffee  or  tea  15  cents,  and  a half 
a spring  chicken  75  cents.  Another 
is  the  first  instructions  to  Pull- 


man car  employees,  especially  insisting  that 
passengers  remove  their  boots  or  shoes  on  re- 
tiring, that  smoking  in  the  car  be  confined  to  the 
rear  end  of  cars,  that  the  coal  fires  for  heating 
the  car  be  shaken  or  coaled  only  while  the  car 
was  in  motion,  etc. 

In  the  years  that  followed  Pullman  plunged 
himself  with  all  the  intensity  of  his  nature  into 
the  perfecting  of  the  construction  of  his  cars  and 
the  development  and  improvement  of  the  ser- 
vice. The  dining  car  occurred  to  him  as  but  a 
logical  development  of  railway  travel  and  was 
promptly  designed  and  operated  along  with  the 
sleeping  cars.  The  drawing  room  car  followed, 
but  ranking  with  the  development  ot  the  sleep- 
ing car  itself  was  his  invention  of  the  vestibule — 
a feature  of  construction  which  placed  the  entire 
train  under  a single  roof,  permitted  the  passenger 
to  pass  freely  and  regardless  of  wind  or  rain  from 
the  diner  to  the  sleeper,  to  walk  through  tne  en- 
tire length  of  the  moving  train.  By  this  inven- 
tion the  dangers  resulting  irom  collision  were 
greatly  reduced. 

When  the  first  great  railroad  was  opened  to 
tne  Pacific,  the  most  magnificent  train  ever  up 
to  that  time  constructed  was  built  in  the  Pull- 
man shops  and  put  upon  the  rails.  That  it  was  pos- 
sible to  travel  continuously  for  six  days  without 
change  of  car  and  with  all  the  comforts  of  a luxurious 
hotel  ranked  in  wonder  the  construction  of  the  road  itself 
and  the  country  through  which  it  passed.  Tourist  travel 
— travel  for  pleasure — literally  began  with  the  develop- 
ment of  the  Pullman  car. 

By  the  development  of  his  service  and  operation  of  his 
cars  over  various  railroads  Mr.  Pullman  succeeded  in  af- 
fording the  public  a convenience  and  economy  hardly  real- 
ized. Specializing  in  sleeping  and  parlor  cars,  and  finally 
turning  over  tne  operation  of  the  dining  cars  entirely  to 
the  individual  railroads,  he  succeeded  in  consistently 
maintaining  the  highest  type  of  car  known  to  the  world. 
By  constant  experiment  no  feature  that  might  add  com- 
fort or  ease  was  neglected;  no  expense  was  spared, 
no  effort  neglected.  By  operating  a sleeping  cai 
and  parlor  car  service  over  all  railroads  it  became 
possible  not  only  to  operate  better  cars  than  the 
individual  roads  can  afford,  but  it  became  possi- 
ble for  a traveller  to  make  an  uninterrupted  jour- 
ney without  changing  at  any  time  of  day  or  night 
from  the  cars  of  one  road  to  the  cars  of  another. 

Today  the  Pullman  Company  operates  ap- 
proximately 5,000  sleeping  cars  and  parlor  cars 
throughout  the  country.  Nineteen  thousand  em- 
ployees provide  the  service  that  for  50  years  has 
been  developed.  In  its  own  shops  in  the  town 
of  Pullman,  111.,  where  approximately  7,000  work- 
men are  employed,  are  constructed  the  cars  nec- 
essary for  the  service.  The  steel  car  was  not  in- 
vented by  the  Pullman  Company,  but  when  six- 
years  ago  it  was  brought  to  the  attention  of  the 
Board  ol  Standards  by  President  John  S.  Runnells, 
and  recommended  by  him,  as  the  car 
of  the  future,  its  merits  were  in- 
stantly recognized,  and  since  that 
day  the  Pullman  Company  has  not 
constructed  for  its  service  a single 
wooden  sleeping  or  parlor  car. 

Many  of  the  Pullman  employees 
have  spent  a lifetime  in  the  contin- 
uous employ  of  the  Company.  There 
are  porters  and  conductors  in  number 
who  can  count  25  years  in  the  service. 
Annual  pay  bonuses  fora  clean  rec- 
ord, pensions  and  other  means  for 
the  development  of  co-operation  and 
understanding  between  employer 
and  employee  have  been  adopted. 


THE  LATEST  TYPE  OF  PULLMAN  CAR  IS 
ALL  STEEL  CONSTRUCTION 
It  is  shown  in  the  upper  picture.  The  length  is  82  feet  3 
inches,  and  it  has  every  luxurious  accommodation  that  can 
be  provided,  as  is  shown  by  the  lower  picture,  which  is  of  an 
interior  in  the  new  type  of  sleeping  car. 


T1IE  OLD-STYLE  PULLMAN  WAS  NEITHER  PRETTY  NOR  COMFORTABLE 
The  exterior  of  the  car  is  shown  in  the  lower  picture.  It  was  51  feet  9 inches  long  and  built  of  wood.  The  interior 
construction  is  shown  in  the  upper  of  the  two  pictures.  This  style  of  car  did  not  provide  convenient  storage  space 
for  bedding,  but  it  did  have  a large  box  (lower  left  of  picture)  for  the  fire  wood  with  which  it  was  heated. 


PARADE 


DEMONSTRATION 
IN  NEW  YORK 
BREAKS 
AJLIL  RECORDS 


150,000 
ENTHUSIASTIC 
MARCHERS 
DECLARE  FOR 
PREPAREDNESS 
New  York  was  ablaze 
with  A merican  flags  on 
May  13,  1916,  as  a 
procession  of  150,000, 
including  20,000 
women  and  10,000  Na- 
tional Guardsmen, 
marched  from  early 
morning  until  night 
past  a reviewing  stand 
at  Madison  Square,  in 
a preparedness  parade. 
There  were  200  mili- 
tary bands  from  New 
York,  New  Jersey, 
Connecticut  and  Penn- 
sylvania and  50  fife 
and  drum  corps. 
12,000  per  hour  passed 
the  stand  in  files 
of  20  each,  the  Na- 
tional Guard  bring- 
ing up  the  rear  in  two 
sections  of  5,000  each. 
There  was  no  display 
of  banners  allowed, 
other  than  the  Ameri- 
can and  municipal 
flags  and  small  division 
marking  banners. 
Twenty  Supreme 
Court  judges,  all  the 
city  officials,  and  the 
Naval  Consulting 
Board,  headed  by 
Thomas  A.  Edison, 
marched,  while  bank- 
ers, insurance  men, 
real  estate  men,  dry 
goods  men,  export- 
e r s , shipping  men, 
actors  and  all  the 
trades  and  professions 
were  represented.  The 
procession  was  viewed 
by  a million  enthusi- 
astic spectators.  This 
photo  was  taken  just 
after  the  parade  passed 
the  Leslie-Judge  Com- 
pany’s building  on 
Fifth  Avenue. 


Coovright  1910 
y Leslie- Judge  Co..  N.  Vf. 


BOTH  ARMS  OF  THE  SERVICE 


SIGNALING  THE 
DRIVER 


BUILDING 
THE  WORLD’S 
LARGEST 
TELESCOPE 
The  Carnegie  Observa- 
tory atop  Mount  Wil 
son  in  California,  which 
now  mounts  100-inch 
telescope,  had  to  be  con- 
structed by  the  aid  of 
motor  trucks.  Single 
girders  weighing  13 
tons  were  carried  up 
the  6,000-foot  ascent 
over  a distance  of  nine 
miles.  The  grades  vary 
from  12  to  20  per  cent, 
and  at  times  on  the 
steepest  grades  men 
were  required  at  the 
front  end  of  the  girder 
to  hold  the  four  wheels 
of  the  truck  on  the 
road  and  to  prevent  the 
rear  end  from  dragging 
on  the  ground. 


The  projection  of  the 
girder  at  the  front 
enabled  the  driver  to 
see  only  his  own  side  of 
the  road.  Portion  of 
the  road  were  so  nar- 
row between  the  rising 
cliff  at  one  side  and  the 
2,000-foot  descent  at 
the  other  that  a man 
was  placed  astride  the 
girder  to  “wig-wag” 
the  driver  and  indicate 
the  clearance  between 
the  truck  and  the  cliff 
on  the  obstructed  side. 
Although  the  road  sur- 
face is  hard  and  com- 
paratively smooth,  the 
tremendous  weight  on 
each  wheel  caused  the 
tires  to  sink  to  a depth 
of  several  inches  in 
the  crushed  stone  and 
gravel  surface. 


THE  SERPENTINE 
LOADWAY 

Tbe  truck  with  its  load  is 
shown  at  the  right  of  the 
picture.  Five  different 
portions  of  the  road  are 
seen  in  this  view.  Some  of 
the  turns  are  so  sharp  that, 
owing  to  the  length  of  the 
load,  the  truck  was  forced 
to  “back  and  fill”  on  some 
of  the  steepest  grades.  In 
many  instances,  a skid  or 
a slip  of  three  feet  would 
have  meant  a tumble 
down  the  side  of  the 
mountain.  Pasadena  lies 
in  the  valley  at  the  left  of 
the  photograph. 


LOOKING  DOWN  ON  SOME  OF  THE  GRADES 


THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  ASCENT 


Although  the  total  ascent  was  6,000  feet  in  nine  miles  of  winding  road- 
way, this  6H-ton  truck  hauled  its  13- ton  load  without  the  assistance  ot 
any  of  the  following  or  preceding  trucks  which  were  sent  along  for  use 
in  case  of  emergency. 


There  is  no  railway  on  Mount  Wilson  capable  of  carrying  these  loads.  Therefore,  it  is  only 
by  means  of  the  motor  truck  that  this  world’s  largest  telescope  has  been  made  possible. 
The  grinding  of  the  100-inch  lens  for  the  telescope  required  five  years.  The  observatory  is 
used  entirely  for  the  study  of  the  sun. 


MARKING  THE  LINCOLN  HIGHWAY 

■ This  pioneer  transcontinental  highway  is  being  thoroughly  marked  with  its  distinctive  signs- 
throughout  its  entire  length.  Soon  motorists  will  be  enabled  to  travel  from  coast  to  coast  without 
the  aid  of  guide  books. 


A SIGN  WHICH  NO  DRIVER  CAN  MISTAKE 
Plain  markings  of  unexp.cted  traffic  requirements  are  necessaiy  and  will  be 
followed  by  the  average  motorist.  Officers  io  enforce  such  requirements  should 
not  be  needed  if  the  signs  are  prominently  posted. 


NO  SPEED  LAWS  ARE  NECESSARY  HERE 
The  sharp  turns  and  winding  roads  which  have  been  substituted  for 
steep  grades  make  high  speed  dangerous , but  the  average  motorist  is 
glad  to  travel  at  a moderate  rate  in  return  for  the  saving  in  wear 
and  tear  on  his  motor  through  the  elimination  of  the  steep  hills. 


Most  persons  believe  that  the 
trap  and  the  “appletree”  court 
relics  of  rural  motoring  which  may 
be  relegated  to  the  past,  to- 
gether with  kerosene  head 
lights  and  single-cylinder 
motors. 

But  not  so.  The  in- 
creasing number  of 
motorists  who  use 
country  and  suburban 
roads  and  who  unwit- 
tingly are  violators 
of  one  or  all  of  the 
many  absurd  regula- 
tions imposed  by  city, 
town  or  county  author- 
ities, offers  too  tempt- 
ing a lure  to  the  Con- 
stable and  Justice  of  the 
Peace.  It  matters  not  that 
the  former  may  be  in  “brass 
buttons”  and  mounted  on  a 
motorcycle,  or  that  the  latter  may 
be  garbed  with  the  title  of  Magistrate, 
the  tendenev  for  these  minions  of  the  law 


speed 


are 


m 


to  look  upon  all  motorists  as  willful  vio- 
lators of  petty  regulation  is  the  same  as 
in  the  dayrs  of  the  flashing  star  and 
wisp  of  straw  serving  as  a judical 
wand  as  depicted  in  the  car- 
toons of  a decade  ago.  And, 
some  instances  time  has 
not  changed  the  status  of 
these  collectors  of  fines, 
for  in  many  states 
it  has  been  dis- 
covered that  the  rural 
Justice  of  the  Peace 
is  exceeding  his 
authority  in  exacting 
penalties  and  collect- 
ing the  money  himself 
instead  of  holding  the 
offender  for  a higher 
court.  In  several  in- 
stances the  charge  has 
been  made  that  the  Justice 
and  the  arresting  officer  look 
upon  the  fines  as  personal  spoils 
to  be  divided  equally"  between  them, 
certain  restrictive  laws  regarding  speed. 


‘ ROAD  PASSABLE  BUT  DANGEROUS— PROCEED  AT  YOUR  OWN  RISK" 
The  thoughtful  road  authorities  aim  never  to  close  a road  entirely.  By  resurfacing 
one-half  of  it  while  the  remaining  half  is  kept  open,  traffic  need  not  be  deflected  around  an 
extensive  detour.  Warnings  should  be  given  of  the  road’s  condition,  however. 


BRINGING  ORDER  OUT  OF  CHAOS 
The  proper  treatment  of  a badly  worn  gravel  road  will  make  of  it  a boulevard  of  which 
the  pioneer  motorists  of  a decade  or  so  ago  might  well  be  proud.  This  photograph  shows  the 
same  section  of  road  as  that  illustrated  on  the  left,  after  repairs  have  been  completed. 


ONE  TOWN'S  WELCOME  TO  MOTORISTS 
This  enterprising  community  has  erected  a free  camp  house  for  tourists,  where  they 
may  find  shelter  for  the  night  and  space  for  parking  their  cars.  Many  motorists  plan  their 
trips  to  include  this  town  which  so  cheerfully  furnishes  wayside  accommodations. 


A RELIC  OF  A BYGONE  AGE 

Old  wooden  bridges  are  rapidly  ( and  in  this  case,  literally),  giving  way  to  the  more 
modern  concrete  type.  Township  authorities  generally  mark  certain  bridges  as  unsafe,  but 
in  this  instance  the  car  owner  made  the  discovery  first — to  his  sorrow. 


the  use  of  bright  headlights,  the  smoke 
and  muffler  cutout  nuisances,  and 
traffic  rules  are  necessary,  but  it  is 
assuredly  not  incumbent  upon 
adjoining  districts  or  munic- 
ipalities to  enact  laws  at 
such  a variance  with  each 
other  that  a motorist 
who  is  permitted  the 
safe  and  sane  speed 
of  25  or  30  miles  an 
hour  in  the  open 
roads  of  one  town- 
ship, should  be  ar- 
rested for  exceeding 
12  miles  an  hour  in 
an  equally  sparsely 
settled  section  of  an 
adjoining  town. 

Associations  of  motor 
car  owners  and  touring  so- 
cieties have  long  been  issuing 
maps  on  which  the  various  good 
and  bad  roads  are  to  be  found; 
naturally,  the  motorist  followed  those 
highways  indicated  as  being  in  good  con- 
dition, even  though  a longer  route  was 
required.  These  same  organizations  are 
also  noting  on  their  touring  maps  the 
presence  of  speed  traps  or  the  unfair  en- 


.4 RIVER  BANK  AS  A HIGHWAY 
Many  of  our  rivers  and  their  valleys  form  the  most  beauti- 
ful touring  routes  in  the  country.  Highways  especially  for 
motor  cars  have  been  built  along  their  banks,  and  such  sec- 
tions are  visited  annually  by  thousands  of  touring  parties. 


forcement  of  absurd  ordinances.  This  in- 
formation as  contained  on  the  road 
maps  is  supplemented  by  a bulletin 
and  it  is  not  long  before  intoler- 
able conditions  either  of  road 
or  law  enforcement  reach 
the  ears  of  practically 
every  tourist  in  the  vi- 
cinity. This  means  that 
if  such  conditions  con- 
tinue, the  township 
which  treats  the  mo- 
torist with  scantiest 
courtesy  will  be 
avoided  as  surely  as 
though  its  roads  were 
marked  as  in  an  im- 
passable condition.  No 
motorist  will  spend  his 
money  willingly  in  a com- 
munity in  which  he  knows 
it  will  be  taken  from  him  by 
force. 

Many  of  these  absurd  ordi- 
nances and  much  of  the  arbitrary 
enforcement  of  even  the  fair  laws  are  due 
to  political  influences  or  the  presence  on 
the  Board  of  Aldermen,  or  Supervisors,  of 
ignorant  men  not  conversant  with  the  for- 
mation of  laws  which  might  help  the  city. 


BEFORE  AND  AFTER— THE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  NEGLECT  AND  CARE 
A severe  winter  and  heavy  rains  will  combine  to  destroy  even  the  best  built  dirt  or  gravel  road.  The  ruts  formed  in  these  roads  become  an  actual  menace  to  the  lives  and  property 
of  thousands  of  tourists,  and  no  speed  traps  or  other  annoying  evidences  of  hostility  to  the  motorist  will  be  needed  to  keep  tourists  a way  from  routes  which  could  so  easily  be  brought  to  the 
condition  of  that  shown  in  the  right  hand  view. 


MAKING  A SPOII  OF  SPEED 


by  HAROLD  WHITING  SLAUSON 


THE  world’s  speediest  sport  seems  destined  to 
become  the  nation’s  most  popular  pastime. 
From  a handful  of  observers,  who, 
twenty  years  ago  followed  the  entrants  in 
the  first  automobile  race,  on  foot,  to  the 
half  million  spectators  that  witnessed 
the  motor  car  races  held  on  the  five 
leading  speedways  during  1915 
an  impressive  leap.  And  yet  this 
is  as  fairly  representative  of  the 
strides  made  by  the  sport  of 
automobile  racing  as  is  the  in- 
crease in  average  J speeds  from 
five  miles  per  hour  to  102  miles 
per  hour  representative  of  the 
strides  made  by  the  industry. 

In  those  early  days'  no  ad- 
missions were  charged;  today 
over  a million  dollars  a year  is 
taken  in  at  the  gates  of  these  five  speedways.  There  must 
be  something  gripping  about  a sport  which  will  bring  half  a 
million  spectators  hundreds  of  miles — and  in  several  instances 
entirely  across  the  Continent — to  witness  thirty  high-strung, 
mechanically  perfect  motor  cars,  driven  by  as  many  daring  and 
steel-nerved  drivers,  dash  around  a two-  or  two-and-a-half-mile 
track  for  from  three  to  six  hours.  And  yet  these  enthusiasts  have 
been  flocking  to  Indianapolis,  Des  Moines  and  Tacoma  in  ever-increas- 
ing numbers,  and  Chicago  and  Sheepshead  Bay  have  promises  of  larger 
crowds  each  season  than  attended  the  opening  of  those  speedways  before. 

What  has  been  the  cause  of  this  wonderful  increase  in  the  interest  in  motor 
car  racing?  The  question  is  easily  1 

answered.  There  are  over  two  million 
motor  car  owners  in  this  country,  and 
to  the  majority  of  these  his  automobile 
represents  his  principal  means  of  at- 
taining sport,  pleasure  and  recreation. 

In  addition,  these  contests  are  always 
close  and  exciting,  and  this  element 
appeals  to  the  sport-loving  nature  of 
the  average  American.  But  from  a 
practical  standpoint,  too,  the  owner  is 
interested  in  automobile  racing,  for  on 
the  race-course  may  be  tried  out  metals 
and  designs,  which,  were  it  not  for  the 
laboratory  of  the  speedway,  would  not 
make  their  appearance  in  the  stock  car 
until  several  years  hence.  The  motor 
car  owner  is  enabled  to  know  just 
what  sustained  tremendous  pressures 
bearings  of  certain  materials,  lubricated 


CAUL  G.  FISILEK 
Father  of  the  speedway 
idea,  and  President  of  the 
Indianapolis  Speedway  As- 
sociation. 


SEVEN  O’CLOCK  ON  A RACE-DAY  MORNING 

Unlike  the  road  races  which  started  at  daybreak,  the  speedway  races  do  not  start  until  ten,  eleven 
©r  twelve  o’clock.  Nevertheless  the  crowds  begin  pouring  in  four  and  five  hours  before  starting 
time  in  order  to  avoid  the  congestion  on  the  roadways  and  at  the  gates. 


ON  THE  HOME  STRETCH  ' 

“ There  is  something  doing  every 
minute”  in  a speedway  race. 
Each  car  averages  less  than  two 
minutes  for  a circuit,  and  as  there 
are  from  20  to  30  entrants,  the 
spectators  are  treated  to  constant 
action. 


EVERYBODY  DRIVES  TO  THE  RACES 
The  cars  parked  in  the  speedway  enclosure  on  race- 
day  form  almost  as  impressive  a sight  as  the  racers 
themselves.  In  the  background  is  shown  a portion 
of  the  stands  at  Indianapolis  capable  of  accommo- 
dating 100,000  persons. 


by  special  oiling  systems,  will 
withstand.  The  heat,  vibra- 
tion and  pressures  obtained  in 
a 300-  or  500-mile  race  at  the 
rate  of  from  80  to  102  miles 
an  hour  could  only  be  equaled 
in  fifty  times  that  distance 
under  ordinary  touring  con- 
ditions, and  confidence  in  the 
car  itself  is  therefore  instilled 
into  the  mind  of  every  owner. 

The  war  in  Europe  will  be 
responsible  for  severa  1 inter- 
esting developments  in  the 
design  of  racing  motor  cars. 
Already,  for  its  Decoration 
Day  Race,  Indianapolis  has 
accepted  the  entry  of  a newly 
designed  foreign  car  which  is 
built  on  the  experience  ob- 
tained with  aviation  motors 
during  the  last  year.  It  can 
be  safely  stated  that  the  design 
of  light-weight  parts,  which 
are  essential  for  use  in  avia- 
tion motors,  has  progressed 
during  the  last  year  to  an 
extent  which  would  have  re- 
quired a decade  of  develop- 
ment in  peace  times. 


But  the  feature  of  racing  which  makes 
it  appeal  most  to  a true  sportsman  is 
that  it  is  clean.  To  be  sure,  professional 
drivers  race  not  alone  for  the  honor  and 
glory  attendant  upon  the  contest,  (but 
for  the  large  cash  prizes  offered  by  the 
management  and  accessory  manufac- 
turers. But  this  is  scarcely  a defect, 
for  it  serves  only  to  multiply  the  eager- 
ness to  win.  The  conduct  of  the  sport 
itself  is  absolutely  in  the  hands  of  the 
contest  committee  of  the  American 
Automobile  Association,  and  from  the 
accuracy  of  the  hundredth-of-a-second 
timing  machine  down  to  the  rules  re- 
quiring certain  safeguards  on  all  types 
of  tracks,  the  contest  is  run  with  a 
fairness,  precision  and  freedom  from 
accident  that  may  well  serve  as  a pat- 
tern for  the  conduct  of  what  has  been 
considered  the  cleanest  branches  of 
intercollegiate  sport. 

But  even  as  recently  as  eight  years  ago  the  especially 
constructed  automobile  speedway  was  the  development  of 
the  future.  Up  to  that  time  contests  were  held  either  on 
mile  dirt  tracks  or  on  a public  highway  in  which  accidents 
both  to  spectators  and  drivers  were  as  frequent  in  a single 
race  as  mark  an  entire  year  of  speedway  sport. 

The  germ  of  the  speedway  idea  was  planted  in  the  midst 
of  the  Hoosier  corn  belt,  and  in  1909  the  Indianapolis 
Speedway  was  completed.  With  the  exception  of  the 
famous  Brooklands  track  in  England,  this  was  the  only 
speedway  of  its  kind  on  the]  two  Continents,  and  Indian- 
apolis soon  became  the  Mecca  for  the  racing  enthusiasts 
of  the  country.  As  an  indication  of  the  widespread  interest 
in  this  first  track  devoted  solely  to  motor  car  racing,  it  was 
found  necessary  to  build  grand  stands  alone  capable  of 
seating  100,000  spectators — a number  at  that  time  almost 
equal  to  the  total  population  of  Indianapolis.  This  two- 
and-a-half-mile  course  has  become  historical.  It  is  the 
cradle  of  the  automobile  track  race,  the  melting  pot  of 
design,  and  the  training  ground  of  many  a world-famed 
driver  who  has  made  his  name  in  a few  short  hours  of 
daring  driving  in  one  of  the  classic  500-mile  races. 

When  the  four  men  who  had  the  courage  of  their  con- 
victions sufficient  to  induce  them  to  sink  vast  sums  of 
money  in  what  was  then  a field  of  corn  hills,  six  miles  from 
the  center  of  the  Indiana  metropolis,  first  conceived 
the  idea  of  this  speedway,  it  was  intended  that  its  speed 
limit  should  be  set  far  in  excess  of  that  ever  considered 
attainable  by  any  racing  car. 


“TREASURE  ISLAND" 


ROBERT  LOUIS  STEVENSON'S  GREATEST  ADVENTURE  STORY  SPLENDIDLY  STAGED 


PHOTOS  BY  WHITE 


THE  FIGHT  AT  THE 
STOCKADE 

The  Squire  and  his  party 
have  landed  on  the  island,  in 
an  attempt  to  thwart  the  pi- 
rates, and  have  taken  their 
stand  in  an  old  stockade,  the 
only  place  on  the  island  where 
there  is  water.  They  are  at- 
tacked by  the  pirates,  but  repel 
them  with  heavy  loss.  Jim 
Hawkins,  who  has  made  his 
escape  from  the  clutches  of  the 
bi  ccaneers,  has  gained  the 
shelter  of  the  stockade. 


THE  PIRATES  BAFFLED 
The  pirates,  baffled  in  their 
attempt  to  destroy  the  Squire's 
party,  go  after  the  treasure. 
They  find  the  skeleton,  Flint’s 
pointer  to  the  burial-place  of 
the  riches — but  no  treasure!  In 
their  baffled  rage  they  attack 
Silver,  whom  they  blame  as 
the  cause  of  their  disappoint- 
ment, but  the  opportune 
arrival  on  the  scene  of  the 
Squire  and  the  faithful  few 
from  the  stockade  puts  them 
to  final  rout,  and  every  last 
man  of  them,  except  Silver,  is 
killed. 


THE 


TREASURE  RECOVERED 


THE  PIRATES  CHECKMATE 
THE  SQUIRE 

Squire  Trelawney  fits  out  an  expedi- 
tion to  recover  the  treasure.  Long 
John  Silver  (Edward  Emery),  member 
of  Flint’s  crew,  gets  the  pirates  into  the 
Squire’s  service,  with  the  idea  of 
themselves  reaping  the  reward  of  the 
Squire’s  labor.  When  they  reach  the 
island,  the  pirates  mutiny  and  leave 
the  ship  with  the  precious  map.  Jim 
is  taken  as  hostage.  The  two  men  left 
on  board  are  here  threatened  by  the 
Squire  and  his  followers,  but  escape  by 
pointing  out  that  Jim  will  be  killed 
if  a shot  is  fired. 


BILL  BONES,  THE  BULLY 

Bill  Bones  (Tim  Murphy),  mate  of  the  defunct  pirate  Flint,  and 
guardian  of  the  map  of  Treasure  Island,  with  the  location  of  the  hidden 
fortune,  alternately  entertains  and  bullies  the  guests  at  the  Admiral 
Benbow  Inn,  where  he  is  hiding  from  the  other  members  of  Flint’s  crew, 
from  which  he  is  a deserter. 


THE  SEARCH  FOR  THE 
TREASURE  MAP 
Headed  by  the  blind 
man  Pew  (Frank  Sylves- 
ter) the  pirates  invade  the 
inn  in  search  of  the  map. 
But  they  have  been  fore- 
stalled, as  Jim  Hawkins 
(Mrs.  Hopkins),  warned  by 
Bill  Bones,  has  abstracted 
the  map  and  taken  it  to 
Squire  Trelawney  (David 
Glassford).  In  the  scene 
here  portrayed,  Pew  is  urg- 
ing the  pirates,  who  have 
been  alarmed  by  noises 
outside,  to  continue  the 
search. 


* 


The  reason  for  the  absence  of  the  treasure  from  its  original  hiding-place  is  here  made  plain.  Ben  Gunn  (Charles  Hopkins), 
a member  of  Flint’s  crew  who  had  been  marooned  on  the  island  long  before,  had  found  the  pirate’s  loot  and  carried  it,  a 
sittle  at  a time,  to  his  cave,  to  which  he  has  conducted  the  victorious  party.  We  have  here  the  "happy  ending”  of  this 

most  satisfactory  drama. 


FOOTLIGHT  FOLKS 


MOFFETT 


Oil,  WHAT  A MERRY  DOLLT 

Not  even  a park  policeman  would  make  Ellen 
Dallerup  go  home  for  her  clothes  if  she  came 
out  to  do  a little  plain  and  fancy  skating,  such 
as  she  did  at  the  New  York  Hippodrome. 


MISS  MARY  NASH 


Who  had  the  leading  part  in 
“The  Man  Who  Came  Back” 
at  the  Playhouse  in  New  York. 


WHITE  STUDIO 

AS  THEY  DO  IN  CHINA 
“The  Yellow  Jacket”  as  pre- 
sented at  the  Cort  Theatre  in 
New  York  was  a remarkable 
play  in  the  Chinese  manner, 
being  quite  void  of  scenery. 
No  one  missed  the  stage  effects 
because  the  acting  was  so  good. 


UKPERWOOP  A CMPKRWOOD 

TIIE  DEVOTED  WIFE 
Janet  Beecher,  as  the  wife 
of  the  unjustlyaccused  con- 
vict in  “Under  Sentence,’* 
who  eventually  won  her 
husband's  freedom.  She 
did  even  more.  Her  ex- 
cellent acting  kept  the 
play  from  being  a failure. 


“MISS  SPRING- 
TIME* * 

Sari  Petrass  as  Rosika 
in  the  popular  musical 
comedy  at  the  New 
Amsterdam  Theatre, 
New  York  City. 


REFORMS  CROOKS 
Ruth  Chester,  who  as  the 
mother  in  “Turn  to  the 
Right”  at  the  Gaiety  The- 
atre, New  York,  performed 
the  miracle  nightly  of  turn- 
ing to  the  right  three  prom- 
ising crooks. 


COPTRIGRTIBA  U II I IX 

ON  TIIE  WAY  TO  STARSHIP 
Justine  Johnstone  in  “Betty,”  a catchy 
musical  comedy  at  the  Globe  Theatre, 
New  York.  She  did  “Chiquette,”  a minor 
part,  in  so  clever  a way  as  to  predicate 
rapid  advancement  in  her  profession. 


VISIBLE  AFTER  TWELVE 
Muriel  Martin,  who  appeared  at  Ziegfeld’s 
Midnight  Frolic  atop  the  New  Amsterdam 
Theatre,  New  York.  Her  skit  was  one  of 
the  hits  of  a popular  show. 


EMMA  DUNN  IN  “OLD 


LADY  31” 


I EE  KUGEL,  the  producer  of  ‘‘Old  Lady  31,”  seven 
1 years  ago  ran  across  a novel  which  interested  him 
by  reason  of  its  dramatic  possibilities.  From  that 
time  until  the  first  of  January,  1916,  he  endeavored  to 
secure  the  dramatic  rights,  and  finally  succeeded.  He 
contracted  with  Rachel  Crothers  to  make  the  dramatiza- 
tion. Miss  Crothers  had  scored  successes  with  “The 
Three  of  Us,”  “A  Man’s  World,”  "Myself  Bettina.” 
Emma  Dunn,  the  greatest  creator  of  mother  types  the 
world  has  ever  known,  was  engaged  to  star  in  the  play. 
Over  300  actors  were  tried  out  for  the  different  roles,  and 
“Old  Lady  31  ” was  a success  from  the  start.  The  clever 
mingling  of  laughs  and  tears  has  given  it  an  enduring 
quality. 

The  play  opens  with  a prologue  in  which  there  are 
only  two  characters;  one  is  Angie  (played  by  Emma 
Dunn)  sweet,  trusting,  kind,  and  the  other  her  hus- 


even  the  old  grandma,  who  can  scarcely  stagger  around  with 
her  stick,  vies  with  the  others  in  kindness  to  Abe.  Jealousy 
develops,  and  if  it  were  not  for  the  appearance  of  the  sweet- 
heart of  one  of  the  inmates  there  might  have  been  civil 
war  in  the  home,  for  some  are  determined  to  send  Abe 
away.  Luckily,  the  old  ladies  think  better  of  it,  when  the 
old  but  still  blushing  bride  is  borne  away. 

Abe  falls  sick.  No  one  knows  just  what  is  the  matter  with 
him.  But  probably  Mike,  the  woman-hating  care-taker,  was 
right  when  he  said,  “What  ye  need,  Abe,  is  a bit  of  a spree.” 
So  Abe  goes  off  with  the  bridegroom,  who  came  to  visit  him, 
and  returns  to  Angie,  after  much  worry  on  her  part  over  his 

NO.  I — OVER  T1IK  HILL  TO  T1IK  POORHOUSE 
They’ll  only  be  three  miles  apart — Angie  in  the  old  ladies’ 
home  and  Abe  in  the  poorhouse.  Angie  remembers  the  days 
of  their  courtship  when  three  miles  was  almost  nothing  at  all 
and  she  is  brave.  But  Abe  remembers  the  sheaf  of  worthless 
securities  he  bought  and  which  now  represent  their  home. 


NO.  Ill— A LITTLE  SYMPATHY  STARTS  A LOT  OP  TROUBLE 
Just  because  Blossy,  the  60-year-old  lady,  who  never  grew  old,  and  whom  an 
admirer  has  been  courting  for  a quarter  century,  does  not  receive  her  annual 
proposal  of  marriage,  and,  because  she  is  all  broken  up  over  this  heartless  neglect, 
and  cries,  and  Abe  is  sympathetic,  and  she  k uses  his  hand,  people  start  talking. 


NO.  II— ABE  BECOMES  AN  OLD  LADY  TO  GET  IN 
Thirty  old  ladies,  the  population  of  the  home,  extend  to  Abe  its  hospitality,  and, 
registered  as  “Old  Lady  31,”  he  takes  up  his  residence  there.  The  only  man  in 
the  home,  he  is  the  cause  of  some  jealousy,  particularly  on  the  day  of  his  birthday 
party  when  he  is  so  indiscreet  as  to  notice  one  old  lady  more  than  another. 


\ 


band,  Abe.  They  are  saying  good-bye  to  the  home  over  whose 
doorsil!  Abe  carried  her,  a bride.  They  have  lost  their  all  and  are 
on  their  way  to  the  old  ladies’  home,  where  Angie  is  to  be  housed 
in  “luxury”  because  Abe  demands  it,  while  Abe  is  to  go  to  the  poor- 

house.  A few  old 
ladies  are  on  the 
porch  of  the  old 
ladies’  home  when 
the  curtain  rises  on 
the  second  act.  They 


“OLD 

s 

1 

LADT  31" 

LEADING 

CHARACTERS 

Angie 

Emma  Dunn 

Abe  Rose 

Reginald  Barlow  s 

Blossy 

May  Galyer 

Mary 

Marie  Pecheur 

John 

Stuart  Sage  1 

Mike 

Mike  O’Connor  1 

prolonged  stay,  to  find  that  a brief  relapse  to  his  foolish  days  has  really 
won  him  independence,  because  20  years  before  he  had  bought  some 
mining  shares  long  since  regarded  as  worthless,  which  now  prove  to 
have  sufficient  value  to  support  the  couple  for  the  remainder  of  their 
lives  in  peace  and 

comfort.  Accord-  §■■■■■■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ aam ■ mmmamKmmmm M 

ingly,  they  buy  back 
their  old  homestead 
to  spend  the  re- 
mainder of  their 


are  excited  over  the  coming  of  Angie.  One 
of  them  suggests  that  they  offer  Abe  a 
home  with  them.  They  do  it,  entering  Abe 
vaguely  as  "Old  Lady  31”  on  the 
books  of  the  home.  In  the  third 
act  complications  arise.  He  is 
the  only  man  in  the  home  and 


days.  Abe  and  Angie  forego  their  de- 
liverance to  bring  the  boy  whom  they 
long  wished  to  adopt  into  the  hap- 
piness of  winning  the  girl  whom 
he  loves.  As  Angie  says  to 
her  when  the  curtain  falls, 
“It’s  love,  love,  love.” 


NO.  IV — A SLY  MATCH- 
MAKER 

“Go  ahead,  Blossy,  get  married,** 
is  the  advice  of  Angie,  who  sees 
in  Blossy’s  nuptials  a quieting  of 
the  jealousies  in  the  home,  the 
restoration  of  Abe’s  welcome  as  a 
member  of  the  institution  family, 
and  the  assurance  of  a good  home 
for  the  rest  of  their  lives. 


NO.  V — ANGIE’S  PLOT 

“Women  night  and  day  gets  on 
a man’s  nerves,  and  besides  is 
belittling,”  as  Abe  remarks,  and 
Angie  knows  that  Abe’s  inexplic- 
able illness  is  from  no  other  cause. 
Mike,  the  gardener,  a woman- 
hater,  is  wheedled  into  giving  Abe 
the  necessary  medicine — a “spree,” 
which  consists  in  spending  a night 
or  two  at  a lighthouse. 


NO.  VI— IN  THE  MEANTIME 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  the  richest 
man  in  the  county,  and  the  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  home,  loves  John,  and  John 
of  course,  loves  Mary.  But  John 
is  a poor  boy,  working  around  the 
home.  Because  he  has  talent  as 
an  architect,  Mary  advises  him 
to  go  to  Boston  to  study  for  that 
profession. 


NO.  Vn-  UNEXPECTED 
HAPPINESS 

When  Abe  gets  back  from  his 
“spree,”  things  happen  rapidly. 
His  old  mining  stock  has  suddenly 
made  him  rich.  John  is  adopted 
by  the  now  wealthy  Abe  and  Angie 
and  so  is  enabled  to  propose  to 
Mary,  and  the  old  couple,  happy 
in  well-doing,  are  returned  to  their 
former  peaceful  home  life. 


ANGIE,  WHO  GUIDES  THE  DESTINIES  OF  THOSE  ABOUT  HER 

Angie,  the  sweetest,  dearest  character  imaginable,  a mother,  a sweetheart,  a 
ttiend,  the  benefactor,  is  the  epitome  of  all  that  is  fine  and  good  in  womankind, 
aiding  and  helping  everyone,  doing  all  things  for  their  happiness  and  comfort. 
She  represents  the  type  of  the  universal  mother  and  friend,  optimistic  but 
still  conservative.  Always  before  her  eyes  is  the  burning  light  of  God’s  love. 
In  her  we  see  the  mirrored  reflection  ot  our  mothers  and  our  grandmothers; 
of  our  old  and  dearly  loved  aunts  and  the  whole  line  of  relatives  that  every 
man  treasures  in  his  memory  as  the  golden  link  that  connects  his  life  of  today 
with  his  early  childhood.  Hers  is  the  character  played  by  Emma  Dunn. 


A SAWDUST  TRAIL  OF 


PEACH  JAM 


JOHN  E.  HAZZARD,  comedian,  verse  writer 
and  jokesmith,  conceived  the  amazingly 
ludicrous  situation  of  the  rescue  of  a saintly 
old  mother  from  the  clutches  of  the  local  skinflint 
who  was  about  to  take  her  home  from  her  in  pay- 
ment of  a small  debt  (during  the  absence  of  her 
only  son)  by  robbing  the  skinflint' s safe  of  the 
exact  sum  required,  “frisking”  him  of  the  money 
immediately  after  payment,  and  returning  it  to  the 
safe  before  the  robbery  could  be  detected — and  so 
clearing  off  the  indebtedness  without  the  loss  of 
a cent — to  the  old  lady.  Of  course  it  isn’t  the 
dear  old  woman  who  commits  the  double  crime, 
but  two  prison  pals  of  her  son,  who  in  various 
other  ways  add  to  the  amusement  of  the  audience 
before  the  final  curtain  ends  a very  happy  comedy. 


THE  BACK-  O-NATUKE 
MOVEMENT 

Joe  doesn’t  remember  that  he  ever  did 
the  bit  of  burglary  for  which  he  has  been 
repenting  a year  in  prison,  but  the  two 
prison  cronies  who  wait  in  the  cozy  little 
pawnshop  to  welcome  him  are  willing  to 
take  a chance  on  him,  professional  or 
amateur.  They  urge  him  to  turn  just 
one  more  trick  before  he  quits,  but  Joe 
starts  walking  farmward  whistling  “Good- 
bye, Boys,  I’m  Through.” 


WATCHFULLY  WAITING  AND 
PRAYING 

Correspondence  f.  om  the  prison  hasn’t  been 
voluminous,  and  Joe’s  mother  and  his  sister 
Betty  have  had  no  word  from  him  for  a yea-' 
His  mother  prays  daily  for  news  of  her  boy  ; 
his  sister  hopes  for  his  return  in  time  to 
save  the  mortgage  from  foreclosure;  but  Elsie 
Tillinger  begins  to  weary  of  the  long  silence. 


A LITTLE  JOB  OF  EXPLAINING 
Joe  has  a hard  road  before  him.  He  left 
home  to  make  good  in  the  city  for  Elsie’s 
sake,  and  she  appreciated  that  as  long  as 
he  kept  up  his  reports  on  his  progress. 
But  a year’s  silence,  the  competition  of 
the  city  man  and  his  tailor  allies,  j prison 
sentence  to  explain  and  the  cordial  dislike 
of  the  Deacon,  Elsie’s  father,  who  holds 
the  mortgage  on  the  Bascorr  farm,  all  make 
Joe’s  path  with  Elsie  anything  but  rosy. 


AN  INTERRUPTED  PRAYER 
Ordinarily  it  is  not  good  form  to  burst 
into  a room  where  people  are  praying, 
but  Joe’s  mother  and  sister  overlook  the 
Dreach  of  etiquette  when  the  wandering 
boy  throws  open  the  door.  Betty  has 
outgrown  the  doll  he  brings  her  but  the 
shawl  for  his  mother  is,  of  course,  “just 
what  she  wanted.” 


A FORTUNATE  PLACE  TO  BE  KICKED  OFF  A TRAIN 
Muggs  and  Gilly,  late  of  the  prison  and  the  pawnshop,  always  have  stolen,  so  the  natural  tendency 
is  to  steal  a ride.  Kicked  off  the  train,  they  make  their  way  to  the  Bascom  farm  and  find  Joe’s 
mother  far  more  sympathetic  than  the  brakeman.  At  the  evening  meal  they  are  introduced  to  all 
the  saving  agencies  in  the  story,  prayers,  peach  jam  and  kind-hearted  women. 


1 Jg  % \ 

f 1 1 

1 " # 1 

PEACH  JAM  ENTERS  THE  WORLD  MARKET 
No  one  knows  better  than  Joe’s  mother  how  peach  jam 
should  be  made.  Sammy  Martin,  the  Deacon’s  hired 
man,  knows  better  than  the  Deacon  its  market  value. 

^ With  a little  arguing  and  planning  the  arrangements  are 
r L finally  made  and  the  widow  begins  to  can  peach  jam 
as  fast  as  Sammy  can  dispose  of  it  to  eager  customers 


THE  SAWDUST  TRAIL’S  HAPPY  ENDING 
“All  is  well.”  This  picture,  which  looks  like  a male 
quartet,  really  shows  a very  happy  mother,  three  happy 
bridegrooms,  now  respectable  citizens,  and  one  happy 
salesman  whose  success  has  promoted  him  from  overalls 
to  a dress  suit.  The  other  characters  in  the  story,  pre- 
sumably, are  back  of  the  scenes  cooking  more  peach  jam. 


/V 


BB—aaa— aJiTWTHTin 


FLAYS  AND  PLAYERS  IN  NEW  YORK 


(W 1W.  iMWKf  JfMWHWWMHKWi 


BEAUTY  AND  GRACE  ON  SKATES 
Cathleen  Pope,  a big  hit  in  “The  Big 
Show,”  the  latest  of  the  Hippodrome’s 
gigantic  spectacles. 


LEW  1 8- SMITH 


ALWAYS  A 
% FAVORITE 
1 he  ever-popular  Elsie  Ferguson 
in  "Shirley  Kaye,”  at  the  Hudson 
Theatre,  a new  comedy  by  Hulbert 
Foot,  played  a part  well  suited  to 
her  ripened  talents. 


THE  FIRST  REAL  SUCCESS  AT  THE  CENTURY  THEATRE 

’’  i he  Millionaires’  Theatre”  had  a success  at  last  in  “The  Century  Girl,”  which  drew  large  and  enthu- 
siastic audiences  for  months.  Here  are  Hazel  Dawn  and  Irving  Fisher  in  one  of  the  prettiest  scenes 
in  the  extravagancy  staged  production. 


WHIT* 

OLD  FRENCH  ROMANCE 
Julia  Arthur,  at  the  Criterion,  scored 
another  success  in  “Seremonda,”  a 
thrilling  12th  century  play  by  William 
Lindsay,  formerly  a minister. 


THE  WELL- 
LOVED NORA 
Nora  Bayes,  the 
popular  comedi- 
enne, was  the  whole 
show,  verily,  at  a 
series  of  Sunday 
night  and  matine 
entertainments  at 
the  Eltinge 
Theatre. 


ATTRACTING  THE  ATTENTION  OF  CRITICS  ”"T‘ 

A scene  from  “The  Lady  of  the  Weeping  Willow  Tree,”  a Japanese  legendary  play  at  the  little 
advertised  Portmanteau  Theatre,  where  one  hnds  well-played,  well-staged,  clever  productions. 


AN  UNHAPPY  HONEST  MAN 
William  Collier,  the  expert  and 
amiable  farceur  with  Margaret 
Brainerd  in  the  entertaining 
comedy,  “Nothing  but  the 
Truth,”  which  easily  filled  the 
Longacre  Theatre  for  many  a 
night. 


BAKER  ART  GALLERY 


A BROADWAY  IDOL 

Adele  Hassan,  who  easily  won 
commendation  for  her  work  in 
“The  Only  Girl.” 


CINDERELLA  MEETS  HER  PRINCE 

Maude  Adams,  the  popular  idol  of  theatredom,  in  the  fanciful  Barrie  play,  “A  Kiss  for  Cinderella,”  at  the  Emprrt. 
The  ballroom  act  was  one  of  the  most  exquisitely  staged  sets  New  York  has  ever  seen. 


Davis  a-  sa.yford 

STAR  OF  A POPULAR  PLAY 

Ruth  Chatterton,  who  multi- 
plied to  her  laurels  by  clever 
work  in  “Come  Out  of  the  Kit- 
chen” at  the  Cohan  Theatre. 


AMERICA’S  FOREMOST  MUSICIANS 


1EXA3  IS  PROUD  OF  HER 
The  Lone  Star  State  enjoys  the  honor  of 
having  produced  one  of  America’s  foremost 
woman  pianists,  Mme.  Olga  Samaroff,  whose 
recitals  are  winning  added  laurels  for  her. 
She  is  the  wife  of  the  director  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Symphony  Orchestra,  Leopold 
Stokowsky. 


A CONTRALTO  FROM  NEW  YORK 
Miss  Sophie  Braslau  was  raised  in  New 
York  City,  to  which  she  has  returned  as  a 
contralto  with  the  Metropolitan  Opera 
Company. 


ANOTHER  NEW  YORKER 
Alma  Gluck,  who  is  seen  here  with  her  hus- 
band Effrem  Zimbalist  and  their  “dizzy 
blonde”  daughter  Marie  Virginia,  came  from 
New  York. 


ADOPTED  BY  AMERICA 
Evan  Williams,  the  noted  tenor, 
happens  to  have  been  born  in 
Wales,  but  likes  America  as  much 
as  America  likes  him.  He  is  one 
of  the  few  artists  who  are  doing 
most  of  their  singing  in  English, 
much  to  the  delighc  of  those 
who  are  unfamiliar  with  other 
languages. 


BALTIMORE 

SOPRANO 

Miss  Mabel  Garrison  is  the  delight- 
ful young  soprano  who  recently 
scored  a triumph  »n  twc  Mozart 
operettas  produced  by  Mr.  Albert 
Reiss,  and  who  has  been  reengaged 
by  the  Metropolitan  Opera  Com- 
pany Her  home  is  In  Baltimore. 


EDDY  BROWN.  ONCE  OF  INDIANA 
Among  the  youngest  and  yet  most  able  violin  artists 
Is  Biddy  Brown,  a native  of  Indiana,  whose  father  was 
« dose  friend  of  the  late  James  Whitcomb  Riley. 


HER  HOME  IS  IN  AMERICA.  ANYWAY  DAUGHTER  OF  A FAMOUS  MISSOURIAN 

"Who’s  Who”  says  that  Frieda  Hempel  was  born  in  Mme.  Clara  Clemens  Gabrilowitsdi,  daughter  of 

Leipsic,  Germany,  but  it  also  says  that  her  home  is  in  Mark  Twain,  and  the  wife  of  Ossip  Gkbrilowicsch  tae 

New  York.  Anyway,  she  is  a leading  soprano  of  the  famous  pianist,  continues  to  please  enthusia-st  . 

Metropolitan  Opera  Company,  an  American  institution.  audiences  with  her  Aiging. 


G E 


CAIADA’S  II OO 


O B R I 1) 


SECOND  APPALLING  DISASTER  ON  THE  QUEBEC  STRUCTURE 


CHESTERFIELD  A MCLAREN 

JUST  BEFORE  THE  CRASH 
The  500-ton  central  span  of  the 
bridge  across  the  St.  Lawrence 
River  at  Quebec,  being  towed 
into  place.  The  span  was  built 
on  pontoons  and  was  to  have  been 
raised  from  the  surface  of  the 
river  to  connect  with  the  shore 
sections  150  feet  above.  More 
than  50,000  people  had  assembled 
to  witness  the  consummation  of 
one  of  the  greatest  engineering 
feats  of  the  world,  cabinet  officials 
and  world-famed  engineers  being 
among  them.  The  bridge  was 
projected  63  years  ago.  but  capital 
could  not  be  interested  until  1882. 
After  a number  of  years  work 
was  commenced,  but  on  August 
29th,  1907,  the  unfinished  structure 
collapsed.  The  estimated  cost  of 
the  bridge  is  $1  7.000.000 


C II  ENTER  FI  ELD  A MCLAREN 

PICKING  UP  THE  SURVIVORS 
The  river  near  the  bridge  was  thronged  with  tugs 
and  other  small  craft  and  speedy  assistance  was 
given  to  the  workmen  struggling  in  the  water.  The 
disaster  was  witnessed  by  the  crowd  that  had  assem- 
bled for  the  ceremonies  attendant  upon  the  floating 
of  the  span  into  position,  and  many  photographers 
were  present,  which  accounts  for  the  remarkable 
pictures  here  shown.  The  bridge  is  3,239  feet  long 
and  the  span  which  was  lost  was  640  feet  long. 
The  contractors  were  hurrying  the  work  to  secure  a 
$1,000,000  bonus.  Their  loss  was  this  amount  plus 
the  cost  of  a new  span  estimated  at  $600,000. 


j 

COPYRIGHT  IKT'L  FILM  SERVICE 

HIE  DISASTER  SNAPPED 
When  the  central  span  had  been 
raised  15  feet  by  8,000-ton  hy- 
draulic jacks  and  chains  with 
30-inch  links,  something  gave 
way,  and  it  started  to  sink,  at  the 
same  time  buckling  as  shown  in 
the  photograph.  About  80  work- 
men went  down  with  it,  of  whom 
13  were  killed  or  soon  after  died 
of  injuries.  The  span  sank  in  200 
feet  of  water  and  it  is  said  no  ef- 
fort will  be  made  to  raise  it.  The 
contracting  company  assumed  full 
liability  for  the  loss  and  at 
once  started  to  build  a new  span, 
but  it  is  estimated  that  two  yeais 
will  be  required  to  complete  the 
work.  Engineers  have  offered  no 
satisfactory  explanation  of  the 

disaster. 


WRECKAGE  OF  THE  FIRaT  QUEBEC  BRIDGE 


The  first  structure  was  built  on  the  cantilever  principle,  and 
was  nearing  completion  when  it  collapsed,  carrying  down  79 
workmen  to  death.  The  superstructure  of  the  bridge  was  a 
total  loss  and  the  catastrophe  delayed  completion  for  years.  The 


bridge  will  shorten  the  route  between  Halifax  and  western 
Canada  by  200  miles  and  is  to  be  used  by  eight  railroads.  It  also 
provides  two  tracks  for  street  cars  and  two  roadways.  When 
completed  it  will  be  one  of  the  great  bridges  of  the  world. 


WESTER] 

RI 

Through* 
Washingto: 
Oregon  va 
done  to  < 
storms  of 
photograpl 
prune  orcl 
couver,  W 
trees  were 
en  down  b 
Similar  da 
over  a wic 
fruit  grow* 
gloom 


PACItIC  COAST  IN 
BLIZZARD'S  GRIP 
The  picture  above  shows  Fourth  and 
Main  Streets,  Vancouver,  Wash.,  after 
the  big  snow  and  sleet  storm  early  in 
Feb.,  1916.  Telegraph  and  Telephone 
lines  were  broken  down  by  the  weight 
of  the  snow  and  ice.  That  winter  was 
one  of  tne  most  severe  in  yea~s  along 
the  Pacific  Coast.  Vancouver  rarely 
has  any  snow  at  all 


COPYlUr.HT  NATIONAL  F*LM  PER  VICE 

TWO  MILLION -DOLLAR  FIRE 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  a prosperous  manu- 
facturing city,  was  devastated  by  a 
fire  on  February  16th  that  destroyed 
several  blocks  of  the  city,  and  caused  a 
loss  of  over  $2,000,000.  The  picture 
to  the  right  is  of  the  ruins,  looking 
toward  city  hall  from  South  Main 
street.  The  fire  started  in  a depart- 
ment store  and  for  a time  threatened 
to  destroy  the  whole  city.  The  fire- 
men were  hampered  in  their  work  ty 
the  severe  cold 


* • *,-*/  <*  . T* 

'*'&■* 


OHIO  RIVER  STEAMBOAT  BOILER  EXPLODES.  KILLING  ELEVEN 
The  tow  boat  Sam  Brown,  of  Pittsburgh,  after  her  boilers  I trade  and  carried  a crew  of  34,  of  whom  11  were  killed, 

blew  up  in  the  Ohio  River  near  H intington,  W.  Va.,  on  Parts  of  the  boilers  were  hurled  1,500  feet  by  the  force  of 

February  2d.  She  was  a well-known  boat  in  the  coal  I the  explosion  The  cause  of  the  disaster  is  not  known. 


GREAT  STORMS  TURE  ft 

Holland,  as  we  all  know,  is  protected  from  the  North  Sea  by  dykes — 
walls  of  earth  that  hold  back  the  waters  from  the  low-lying  land. 
This  winter  revere  storms  drove  the  waves  to  break  through  the 


DI 


KCHARDS 

ED 

southern 
id  northern 
amage  was 
rds  by  the 
uary.  The 
Dve  shows  a 

near  Van 
, where  the 
>st  all  brok- 
ow  and  ice. 
e was  done 
ea  and  the 
ire  facing  a 
rospect. 


VICTORIA  FLOUNDi.ES  IN 
DRIFTS 

Victoria.  B.  C.,  situated  on  Vancouver 
Island,  where  winter,  as  a rule,  brings 
no  snow,  was  snow-bound  for  several 
days  in  February,  As  shown  in  the 
picture  above,  the  streets  were  deep 
in  snow.  Huge  drifts  blockaded 
street  cars,  so  that  they  had  to  be 
abandoned,  and  business  was  almost 
at  a standstill  for  several  days. 


COPYRIGHT  ONDftlt..OOD  A UNDERWOOD 

SHIPS  BURNED  AT  THE  DUCK 
A fire  of  unknown  origin  destroyed  the 
three  freighters  Bo/ton  Castle,  Paciiic 
Castle  and  Bellagio  on  tie  moaning  of 
February  16th,  while  lying  at  their 
pier  in  Brooklyn.  The  ships  were 
loaded  with  war  supplies  for  the  Allies. 
The  report  that  the  fire  was  starte  I 
by  German  spies  has  been  offiriol!  - 
denied.  The  pier  and  30  lighters  were 
burned  as  w-11  as  the  ships,  entailing 
a loss  of  almost  $5,000,000.  Severed 
Asiatic  sailors  lost  their  lives. 


- -7  T 


I 


IN  HOLLAND’S  SAFETY 


COPYRIGHT  LK8LII “GR A PlllC  SKliVICk 


ARKANSAS  RIVER  GETS  OUT  OF  BOUN  I S WITH  FATAL  RESULTS 


dykes  in  many  places,  and  only  greatest  efforts  saved  vast  areas  from 
destruction.  The  drawing  shows  the  island  of  Marken,  a well- 
known  resort,  while  inundated  Seventeen  lr^s  were  lost  there. 


A view  along  the  Iron  Mountain  railroad  near  Newpo  t. 
Ark.,  during  the  February  floods  which  raised  the  Arkan- 
sas River  far  above  the  danger  line.  In  the  widespread 


floods  29  people  lost  their  lives  and  the  damage  mounted 
into  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars.  At  intervals  the 
river  is  held  in  its  course  by  levees,  many  of  v/hich  broke. 


DISASTERS  BY  FLOOD  AND  FIRE 


F~~ " 


WEIGHT 

CALIFORNIA’S 

WORST  FLOOD 
The  San  Diego  valley 
in  southern  Cali- 
fornia in  1916  was 
flooded  by  waters 
of  unprecedented 
height.  This  is  a view 
of  the  wreck  of  the 
new  concrete  high- 
way bridge  across 
the  San  Diego  River 
undermined  by  the 
flood.  In  the  dis- 
tance is  the  Santa 
Fe  railroad  bridge, 
also  swept  away  de- 
spite the  heavy  trains 
of  loaded  freight  cars 
placed  on  it  to 
weight  it  down. 
Half  a hundred  lives 
were  lost  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  San  Diego, 
and  the  property 
damage  mounts  into 
millions. 


RUINS  OF  CANADA’S  BEAUTIFUL  HOUSE  OF  PARLIAMENT  FLAME  SWEPT 


This  building,  said  to  have  be.*n  the  finest  specimen  of  Gothic  architecture  in  the  New 
World,  was  completely  ruined  by  the  fire  that  started  at  9 o’clock  in  the  evening  of  Feb. 
3,  1916,  while  both  houses  were  in  session,  and  which  spread  with  such  rapidity  that 
it  was  with  the  greatest  difficulty  that  the  members  and  employees  escaped.  Seven  lives 
were  lost.  Public  sentiment  at  once  charged  the  fire  to  German  spies,  but  evidence  to 


k'HWTUnUD*  MCLAKKS 

support  this  claim  was  not  produced,  though  a number  of  persons  were  arrested  on 
suspicion  of  connection  with  a plot  to  destroy  the  building.  The  greatest  precautions 
were  at  once  taken  throughout  the  Dominion  to  protect  other  public  buildings  and 
munition  plants,  and  the  excited  populace  credited  rumors  that  a secret  German  In- 
vasion of  Canada  from  the  United  States  was  being  planned. 


THREE  SOUTHERN  CITIES  ABLAZE 

FIRE  LOSSES  OF  MORE  THAN  .920,000,000  SUSTAINED  IN  ONE  DAY 


I 


WILEP 

FLEEING  FROM  IMPENDING 
DESTRUCTION 

The  fire  in  Nashville,  on  March  22d,  almost  wiped 
out  East  Nashville.  It  was  started  by  a boy  light- 
ing a ball  of  yarn  and  tossing  it  into  a vacant  lot 
where  it  ignited  the  dry  grass.  A fifty-mile  wind 
quickly  put  the  flames  beyond  control.  Thirty-five 
residence  blocks  were  burned  over  and  more  than 
3,000  people  were  left  homeless  by  the  destruc- 
tion of  600  houses.  The  East  Nashville  sub- 
postoffice, the  Warner  public  school  and  several 
churches  were  among  the  public  buildings  de- 
stroyed. Many  narrow  escapes  occurred,  owing 
to  the  rapid  spread  of  the  flames,  but  no  deaths 
resulted.  The  loss  was  placed  at  $1,500,000. 
Governor  Rye  ordered  out  several  companies  of 
the  National  Guard  to  patrol  the  burned  district 
against  looters. 


TWO-THIRDS  OF  PARIS  (TEX.) 
DESTROYED 

Fire  started  in  Paris,  Texas,  a thriving  city 
of  about  15,000  people,  late  in  the  afternoon 
of  March  21,  and  by  the  next  morning 
more  than  two-thirds  of  the  town,  including 
all  of  the  business  portion,  had  been  de- 
stroyed and  more  than  8,000  people  were 
homeless.  The  property  loss  is  estimated 
at  $15,000,000  and  one  life  was  lost.  The 
fire  covered  30  blocks  containing,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  business  section,  about  2,000 
homes.  The  fire  department  was  helpless 
against  the  flames,  which  were  fanned  by  a 
high  wind,  and  the  assistance  rushed  from 
neighboring  towns  was  also  unable  to 
check  the  fire,  which  burned  itself  out. 
Prompt  measures  were  taken  to  care  for 
the  thousands  of  homeless  people,  and  the 
city  will  be  rebuilt  at  once.  The  illustra- 
tion shows  a view  of  the  public  square, 
looking  north,  after  the  fire.  By  a strange 
coincidence,  Augusta,  Ga.,  and  Nashville. 
Tenn.,  were  visited  by  destructive  fires  dur- 
ing the  same  24  hours  that  Paris  was  ablaze. 


CHARLESTON  PHOTO  CO. 


FIVE  MILLION  DOLLAR  FIRE  IN  THE  FINE  OLD  CITT  OF  AUGUSTA 


Augusta,  third  city  of  Georgia,  had  a $5,000,000  fire,  on  March  22d,the 
blaze  originating  in  the  Dyer  building  in  the  business  section.  The 
fire  department,  assisted  by  engines  from  Atlanta,  Savannah  and 
Macon,  was  not  able  to  get  the  flames  under  control  until  ten  busi- 


ness blocks  and  20  residential  blocks  had  been  swept,  with  a loss 
of  $5,000,000.  The  fire  took  in  the  best  residential  streets  and  left 
3,000  people  without  homes.  A fund  was  raised  to  care  for  the  suf- 
ferers. Our  view  shows  Green  street  filled  with  effects  of  refugees. 


FLOOD  REFUGEES  ON  NEW  BUND.  CANTON 
The  Chinese  floods  of  1915’s  summer  are  said  to  have  been  the  worst  in  the 
history  of  the  country.  Large  areas  of  Canton  were  submerged  and  a great 
exoanse  of  flat  country  back  of  the  city  was  swept  by  the  raging  rivers. 
Although  floods  are  of  frequent  occurrence  in  China  the  people  are  too  poor  to 
prepare  for  them  and  the  loss  of  life  is  terrible.  The  number  of  lives  lost 
was  estimated  at  100,000.  The  destruction  cf  property  is  great  and  many 
thousands  are  destitute. 


LIVING  ON  THE  ROOFS  OF  HOUSES  ALONG  WEST  RIVER 

A personal  letter  to  the  editor  of  Leslie's  gave  a graphic  description  of 
scenes  in  Canton  during  the  flood.  It  said,  in  part:  “Dr.  Start  came  up  to 
see  us  on  Sunday.  His  school  is  in  Sai  Kwan,  the  western  suburb  of  Canton 
and  it  had  nine  feet  of  water  in  it.  The  sampan  people  wanted  Si 50  to  take 
him  and  ten  scholars  to  a place  of  safety.  They  could  not  pay  that  sum  and 
lived  in  the  upper  story  of  the  house  on  rice  and  some  provisions  that  a boy 
obtained  by  swimming  to  a store.  Finally  Dr.  Start  got  away  with  his 
scholars.  He  said  the  condition  of  the  water  was  something  too  awful — 
dead  bodies  among  the  debris  being  quite  frequent — and  this  was  the  water 
they  had  to  drink  and  cook  with.  He  told  of  a baby  with  S300  tied  to  it 
floating  down  stream  in  a tub.  A Chinaman  took  the  money  and  left  the 
baby,  but  another  man  from  the  same  village  was  more  humane  and  saved 
the  child.  Now  the  people  01  the  village  are  scolding  the  man  who  took  the 
money.  The  English  consul  organized  a rescue  service  and  took  care  of  all 
the  English  residents,  but  I hear  that  our  own  consul  was  not  so  efficient.” 
Thousands  of  natives  lived  for  days  on  the  roofs  of  houses,  where  many  of 
them  were  threatened  with  starvation.  The  water  rose  into  the  foreign 
quarter  of  Canton  and  caused  great  inconvenience,  but  it  is  not  reported 
that  any  foreigners  lost  their  lives  in  that  section.  Bad  fires  broke  out  in 
the  city  while  the  flood  was  at  its  height  and  did  much  damage.  Hundreds 
of  square  miles  of  country  along  the  rivers  that  flow  through  Canton  have 


HORRORS  OF  FLOOD  AS  BAD  AS  THOSE  OF  WAR 


been  swept  clean  of  crops,  houses  and  live  stock. 


Corpses  floated  in  the  streets  of  Canton  for  days,  mingled  with  the  bodies  of  animals.  Sanitary  conditions,  always 
bad,  were  beyond  description.  Boatmen  and  bad  characters  robbed  the  survivors. 


STORM  SWEEPS 


TEXAS  COAST 


-x  . ^ *-J 

' 'aw 


COPYRIGHT  BERING 

CARRIED  TWO  BLOCKS 

This  huge  oil  tank  was  swept  from  its  foundation  and 
whirled  two  blocks  by  the  rushing  waters.  Large  build- 
ings were  torn  to  pieces  and  stretches  of  railroad  track 
ripped  up. 

I 


GREAT  EXPORTING  CITY  OF  GALVESTON  DEVASTATED 

An  So-mile  gale,  in  August,  1916,  threatened  to  sweep  the  sea  over  Galveston,  Texas,  repeating  the  destruction  of  190c, 
when  S,ooo  people  were  killed.  The  sea  wall,  built  since  the  former  disaster,  saved  the  city.  The  picture  shows  wrecked 
boats  swept  ashore.  The  causeway  that  connects  the  city  with  the  mainland  was  broken,  and  railway  communication 
cut  off.  Great  fires  destroyed  many  buildings.  About  20  lives  and  $j  ,000,000  worth  of  property  were  lost 


int’l  news 

FORCE  OF  THE  SEA  WAVES 


Enormous  masses  of  concrete  were  torn  from  the  top  of  the  sea  wall  and 
hurled  about  like  chips.  The  wall  held  and  justified  the  faith  of  its  builders 
by  saving  the  city  from  destruction.  The  people  of  Galveston  very  pluckily 
declined  outside  assistance. 


HOUSTON  FEELS  EFFECTS  OF  STORM 
The  prosperous  city  of  Houston  was  flooded  by  terrific  rains  and  much 
damage  was  done.  Beaumont.  Port  Arthur,  Sabine  Pass  and  other  coast 
cities  were  storm  swept.  It  was  estimated  that  200  lives  and  $15,000,000 
worth  of  property  were  lost  throughout  Texas. 


IT.  S.  ARMY  CAMP  AT  TEXAS  CITY 

A part  of  the  post  that  was  flooded  and  destroyed,  and  where  ten  soldiers  were  drowned.  General  Bell  then  recom- 
mended that  the  camp  be  abandoned.  The  soldiers  assisted  in  rescuing  citizens  of  Texas  City,  which  was  badly 

damaged. 


FLOOD  SWEEPS  FERTILE  VALLEY  OF  ALL  ITS  SOIL 
The  breaking  of  the  Otay  dam,  due  to  unprecedented  rains,  released  twelve 
billion  gallons  of  water,  which  swept  down  the  Otay  valley  into  San  Diego 
Bay,  and  carried  with  it  the  farm  buildings,  fruit  trees  and  even  the  soil  of 
one  of  California’s  most  prosperous  valleys.  The  inhabitants  were  warned 
in  time  to  escape,  but  about  fifteen,  who  were  skeptical  or  who  lingered  to 
save  their  property,  were  drowned.  Before  the  flood  land  in  the  valley  sold 
as  high  as  $1,500  an  acre.  The  torrent  swept  every  bit  of  the  soil  from  the 
underlying  rock,  and  deposited  it  in  San  Diego  Bay,  forming  a vast  bar  that 
obstructed  navigation.  Many  fine  farms  were  buried  under  rocks  and  debris, 
the  flood  having  carried  one-ton  boulders  for  miles.  Just  before  the  flood 
the  city  council  of  San  Diego  made  a contract  with  a professional  rainmaker, 
named  Hatfield,  to  produce  rain  enough  to  fill  the  Morena  reservoir.  Now 
Hatfield  is  keeping  out  of  sight,  as  some  people  blame  him  for  the  flood. 
The  location  of  the  top  of  the  dam  is  shown  in  the  picture  by  the  broken 
white  line.  The  dam  was  340  feet  thick  at  the  bottom  and  16  at  the  top. 

It  was  134  feet  high. 


CALIFORNIA  OIL  FIELDS 
SUFFER  FROM  STORMS 
The  Bakersfield  district,  famous  as  one 
of  the  most  productive  oil  fields  in  the 
United  States,  was  swept  by  the 
storms  that  prevailed  in  California 
early  in  1916,  and  great  damage  was 
done  to  the  oil  properties.  The 
Bakersfield  Californian  then  completed 
a list  showing  that  in  the  Midway- 
Sunset  field  alone  the  storm  of 
January  17th  resulted  in  the  destruc 
tion  of  280  rigs  while  the  storm  of 
January  27th  destroyed  665  more, 
making  a total  of  945.  The  entire 
number  in  the  field  ''-as  only  1,987. 
In  the  McKittrick  district  228  rigs 
out  of  315  were  destroyed.  A rig  is 
the  derrick,  engine  and  boiler  and  the 
druiing  or  pumping  machinery,  as 
ohown  in  the  picture  of  a wrecked  out- 
fit. The  storms  throughout  the 
Western  half  of  the  United  States  in 
January  were,  perhaps,  the  most 
general  and  severe  ever  known. 


FLOOD  TIME  IN 

Texas  got  its  full  share  of  the  1916  floods,  and  many  towns  met  the  fate 
of  West  Hickman,  here  shown  up  to  its  knees  in  water.  The  floods  were 
destructive  of  property,  but  few  fatalities  resulted.  Torrential  rains 
vurned  the  smallest  streams  into  raging  torrents  that  spread  out  into 


A TEXAS  TOWN  conwnWinuiutM 

broad  lagoons  wherever  the  banks  were  low.  The  storms  continued 
until  the  second  week  of  February,  and  covered  the  southern  half  of  the 
country  from  Indiana  west,  while  the  Northwest  had  severe  cold  and 
unusually  heavy  snows  that  obstructed  traffic. 


COPYRIGHT  CENTRAL  NEWS  PHOTO  SERVICE 


HERBERT 


COPYRIGHT  tTNDERWOOD  & UNDERWOOD 


TWO  MILES  FROM  THE  EXPLOSION 
The  German  Artistic  Silk  mill,  two  miles  from 
the  exploded  powder  plant,  was  wrecked,  as  shown 
above,  scarcely  a whole  pane  of  glass  being  left 
and  the  delicate  machinery  being  badly  damaged. 
Loss  estimated  at  $750,000.  To  the  left  is  a scene 
of  ruin  in  Kingsland,  where  houses  were  burned 
by  exploding  shells  from  the  Canadian  Car  and 
Foundry  Company’s  plant.  To  the  right  is  Miss 
Tessie  McNamara,  telephone  operator,  who  stuck 
to  her  switchboard  at  the  shell  plant  until  she 
warned  37  departments  that  there  was  a fire  in 
Sned  No.  30,  probably  saving  hundreds  of  lives. 
Belore  she  finished  fragments  of  shell  were  falling 
on  the  roof  over  her  head.  The  Special  Aid  Society 
has  voted  her  $25  as  a token  of  appreciation  of 
her  heroism.  Four  separate  investigations  of  the 
cause  of  these  disasters  failed  to  produce  results. 


MUNITION  WORKS  ABLAZE  BOMBARDS  TOWN 

Two  of  the  worst  munitions  disasters  the  world  has  known  occurred  within 
30  hours  in  New  Jersey.  On  January  11,  1916,  part  of  the  Canadian  Car  and 
Foundry  Company,  at  Kingsland,  took  fire  and  the  flames  exploded  hundreds 
of  thousands  of  shells  awaiting  shipment  to  the  Russian  armies.  The  plant 
was  wrecked  and  two  square  miles  of  country  devastated  like  a battlefield. 
The  shock  of  the  larger  explosions  was  felt  for  150  miles  and  a continuous 
bombardment  for  four  hours  drove  thousands  of  people  from  their  homes. 
Fortunately  no  lives  were  lost,  although  about  a score  of  people  were  injured. 
The  property  loss  is  estimated  at  $17,000,000,  of  which  $12,000,000  falls  on 
the  Canadian  company  and  the  Russian  government.  The  rest  of  the  damage 
was  done  to  surrounding  property,  many  buildings  being  riddled  by  shells 
and  some  set  on  fire.  The  next  day  the  Haskell  plant  of  the  E.  I.  du  Pont  de 
Nemours  Company,  powder  makers,  blew  up.  About  400,000  pounds  of 
smokeless  powder,  in  three  blasts,  broke  windows  and  shook  houses  for  50 
miles  around.  The  shock  was  felt  at  Springfield,  Mass.  Two  were  killed  and 
a number  hurt  and  the  property  loss  is  $2,000,000.  Suspicions  that  the  catas- 
trophes were  due  to  plots  of  those  opposed  to  the  Allies  were  unconfirmed. 


SOCIAL  PRESS  ASSOCIATION 


RECENT  WRECKS  AND  MISHAPS 


HUH 


PPLVER 

©BB  FREAK.  OF  A 
WRECK 

A broken  axle  caused  the 
wreck  near  Sodus,  N.  Y.,  in 
1916,  in  which  six  freight 
cars  were  piled,  side  by  side,  at 
right  angles  to  the  tracks. 
The  couplings  between  the  cars 
were  broken  as  the  derailed 
cars  were  stacked.  Two  of  the 
cars  were  demolished.  No 
explanation  has  been  offered 
for  the  odd  placing  of  the  cars 
by  the  accident. 


EFFECTS  OF  A HARD 
WINTER 

Tons  of  buffalo  fish  and  carp 
were  scooped  out  with  hands 
and  shovels  and  carried  away 
in  bags  and  wagons  when  the 
ice-cutting  began  at  Windom, 
Minn.  The  fish,  deprived  of 
air,  when  an  unusually  heavy 
sheet  of  ice  covered  the  Des 
Moines  River,  became  sluggish 
and  were  easily  captured  by 
the  men  who  stood  around  the 
holes  where  ice  had  been  cut 
and  scooped  out  the  fish  when 
they  crowded  to  the  holes  for  air. 


GREAT  BOATS  HELD  IN  THE  ICE 
The  severe  cold  weather  which  swept  the 
Northwest  in  the  winter  crippled  the  opera- 
tions of  the  Pere  Marquette  car  ferriers 
at  Ludington,  Mich.  Ferriers  numbers 
17,  18  and  19  all  were  caught  in  the 
slush  ice  of  the  outer  harbor  and  held  as 
fast  as  an  explorer’s  ship  in  the  frozen 
Arctic. 


T0M8ES 


■ 


GAS  EXPLOSION  KILLS  SEVERAL 

The  explosion  of  an  acetylene  gas  lighting  plant  in 
the  home  of  John  Faaborg,  near  Kimballton,  Iowa, 
killed  two  of  17  people  in  the  house,  injured  two  others 
fatally,  and  hurt  all  the  others  severely  except  one 
thrown  under  a table  which  bore  the  weight  of  the 
debris.  The  house  was  blown  15  feet  in  the  air. 


PAY  EMPLOYEES  AS  PLANT  BURNS 
For  four  hours,  14  engine  companies,  five  fire  truck 
companies,  and  three  fire  boats  fought  the  flames 
that  cost  the  Filer-Stowell  Machine  Company 
of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  over  $350,000.  When  the 
fire  was  discovered  the  employees  filed  out,  stopping 
at  the  time-keeper’s  office  for  their  checks. 


ENGINEER  CRUSHED  IN  COLLISION  ON  BRIDGE 
A collision  between  a switch  engine  and  an  extra  freight  train  on  the  bridge 
over  the  Wisconsin  River  at  Stevens  Point,  Wis.,  injured  the  fireman  of  each 
engine  and  killed  an  engineer,  who  was  crushed  between  the  boiler  head  and 
coal  tender  when  the  engine  and  tender  left  the  track.  The  derailed  engine 
svas  thrown  from  the  embankment  on  one  side  of  the  bridge  and  on  the  oppo- 
site side  a box  car  scattered  its  contents  of  baled  hay  over  the  frozen  river. 


STONE 

TORNADO  KILLS 
SCHOOL  CHILDREN 

Ten  school  children  were 
killed  outright,  five  others 
were  fatally  injured  and 
the  teacher  and  twelve  other 
pupils  were  hurt  when  a tor- 
nado demolished  the  school 
house  at  Vireton,  Okla.,  in 
January,  1916.  Only  twoof  the 
31  people  in  the  building  at 
the  time  the  wind  struck  it 
escaped  without  injury.  The 
schoolhouse  was  lifted  high  in 
the  air  and  blown  to  bits  and 
the  children  were  carried  a 
considerable  distance  by  the 
gale  before  they  were  dropped 
amid  the  wreckage. 


TRAIN  WRECKED  BY  WEAKENED  TRESTLE 

A train  carrying  a steam  shovel  passed  under  this  trestle  at  Rainier,  Wash. 
The  crane  swung  loose  and  knocked  out  some  of  the  supporting  timbers. 
Before  a warning  could  be  given,  another  train  ran  on  to  the  trestle  but  fell 
through  the  weakened  structure,  killing  *wo  and  injuring  18  passengers. 
One  parlor  car  was  left  standing  on  the  trestle. 


Copyright,  J udgi 


y nr  Yr»k.  litlG 


Tainted  by  Rolf  Armstrong 


PAUREL  INTRODUCES  HIS 
LATEST  “PROTEGE” 

Jean  Paurel  (Leo  Ditrichstein) , the 
Gotham  Grand  Opera  Company’s 
famous  baritone,  is  to  sing  “Don 
Giovanni.”  His  manager,  Stapleton 
(Lee  M.  Millar),  wants  an  old  flame 
of  Paurel’s,  a famous  prima  donna,  to 
sing  with  him;  but  Paurel,  who  has 
taken  a fancy  to  Ethel  Warren,  a 
young  American  singer  (Virginia  Fox 
Brooks),  insists  on  her  having  the 
part.  Stapleton  refuses,  but  Paurel’s 
infatuation  continues. 


“THE  GREAT 
LOVER” 


A RIVAL  SINGER  TAKES 
HIS  PLACE 

Paurel,  who  is  here  shown  being  lion- 
ized in  his  dressing-room  by  his  en- 
thusiastic admirers,  after  the  first  act 
of  the  opera,  quarrels  with  Carlo 
Sonino  (Malcolm  Fasset),  his  rival 
for  the  hand  and  heart  of  Ethel,  and 
during  his  tirade  loses  his  voice. 
Sonino  takes  Paurel’s  place  in  “Don 
Giovanni.”  and  scores  a triumph. 


HE  LEARNS  THAT  HIS  VOICE  IS 
PERMANENTLY  GONE 
Paurel’s  physician  (Arthur  Lewis)  tells  the  great 
baritone  that  his  voice  is  gone  forever,  and  Ethel, 
grateful  for  hi  kindness  to  her,  does  her  best  to 
comfort  him. 


ETHEL,  IN  GRATITUDE.  ACCEPTS  HIM 
With  his  operatic  career  at  an  end,  Paurel  proposes 
marriage  to  Ethel,  who,  though  she  is  in  love  with 
Sonino,  sympathizes  with  Paurel  and  rccepts  him. 


LOTHARIO  HIMSELF  AGAIN 
Paurel,  realizing  the  differences  in  age,  sacrifices  his  desire  and 
releases  Ethel.  He  is  apparently  in  the  depths  of  despair,  but 
a telephone  call  from  one  of  his  lady  admirers  dispels  the  clouds^ 
and  the  curtain  falls  on  the  conversation  in  which  he  makes  s 
luncheon  engagement  with  the  fair  invisible. 


THE  PERM 


I IV. 


CITY 


A S20.000.000  EXPLOSION  WHICH  SHOOK  FIVE  STATES 


The  explosion  at  Black  Tom  Island,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  which  shook  New  York  like  an  earth- 
quake at  2 A.  M.  on  July  30th,  1916.  and  was  felt  in  five  States,  recalls  the  perils  of  a great 
city  as  evidenced  by  numerous  other  explosions  during  th"*  past  few  years,  all  involving  tre- 
mendous loss  of  property  and  heavy  loss  of  life.  The  p’  'ture  shows  Black  Tom  Island  after 
the  terrible  occurrence.  A large  amount  of  dynamite  and  war  munitions,  brought  to  the  island 
for  shipment  abroad  to  the  Allies,  was  set  off  by  a dynamite  explosion  due  either  to  a fire  on 
a barge  or  collision  of  freight  cars.  The  explosion  and  fire  did  $20,000,000  damage  to  property, 
killed  at  least  four  persons  and  injured  over  100  Seventeen  warehouses  out  of  twenty-four 
belonging  to  the  National  Storage  Company,  and  filled  with  goods,  six  piers  leased  by  the  Lehigh 


Valley  Railroad,  numerous  barges  and  eighty-five  freight  cars,  many  loaded  with  munitions, 
were  destroyed.  There  were  two  main  explosions,  and  for  hours  shells  and  shrapnel  bombarded 
the  vicinity.  Thousands  of  plate  glass  windows  were  broken  in  Greater  New  York  and  Jersey 
City  and  much  damage  was  done  on  Ellis  Island,  the  government  immigration  station,  and 
on  Bedloe’s  Island,  where  the  Statue  of  Liberty  stands.  There  was  great  excitement  in  the 
two  cities.  Five  inquiries  into  the  disaster  were  started.  Albert  Dickman,  Lehigh  Valley 
Railroad  agent,  Alexander  Davidson,  superintendent  of  the  National  Storage  Company, 
and  Theodore  B.  Johnson,  president  of  the  Johnson  Lighterage  Company,  were  arrested, 
charged  with  criminal  negligence. 


LIKE  A BATTLEFIELD  OF  TOE  GREAT  WAR 


CENTRAL  NEW 8 SERVICE 


Thousands  of  shells  from  the  cars  and  barges  at  Black  Tom  Island  were  strewn  within  a radius 
of  two  miles.  These  missiles  made  the  task  of  fighting  the  flames  which  succeeded  the  explosion 
exceedingly  perilous  and  many  firemen  were  injured.  The  flames  from  the  burning  cars,  vessels 
and  buildings  lighted  up  the  whole  sky  and  were  visible  for  many  miles. 


WHERE  SIX  CARLOADS  OF  SIIILI  S EXPLODED 


CENTRAL  NEWS  SERVICE 


A photo  taken  from  behind  the  spot  on  Black  Tom  Island  where  one  of  the  big  explosions 
occurred,  less  than  a mile  from  the  Statue  of  Liberty  (shown  in  the  background).  Shells  and 
shrapnel  were  rained  on  the  island  where  the  statue  stands,  and  the  pedestal  was  battered  and 
near-by  buildings  shattered,  but  the  figure  was  not  seriously  damaged. 


REPRODUCED  PROM  LESLIE’8  JAN.  11,  1011 

A STRANGE  AND  DREADFUL  ACCIDENT 
On  December  29,  1910,  a railroad  car  in  the  underground  yards  of  the 
Grand  Central  Station,  New  York,  crashed  into  and  broke  a gas  main.  A 
workman  sent  to  repair  the  break  dropped  a steel  crossbar  on  the  third  rail 
and  a spark  ignited  the  escaping  gas,  causing  a terrific  explosion.  Property  in 
the  vicinity  was  damaged  to  the  extent  of  $2,000,000,  and  ten  persons  were 
killed  and  100  injured.  A trolley  (shown  in  the  picture)  loaded  with  pas- 
sengers was  hurled  from  the  track  by  the  explosion  and  landed  on  a passing 
auto.  Four  passengers  were  killed  and  a dozen  injured. 


AIDE 

THE  FEARFUL  EFFECTS  OF 
DYNAMITE 

Scene  at  Communipaw,  Jersey 
City,  not  far  from  Black  Tom 
Island,  after  the  explosion  of 
25  tons  of  dynamite  on  February 
1,  1911,  killing  30  men,  injuring 
100,  and  spreading  panic  all 
over  lower  New  York.  The 
damage  was  $1,000,000.  The 
shock  was  felt  50  miles  away. 
The  picture  shows  two  freight 
cars  at  the  terminal  of  the 
Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey. 
Each  was  loaded  with  dynamite 
with  a cement  laden  car  between. 
Only  one  car  exploded. 


WHERE  TWENTY-FIVE  LIVES  WERE  LOST 
Firemen  pouring  water  on  the  ruins  of  the  Tarrant  Drug  & Ware- 
house Building  at  Greenwich  and  Warren  Streets,  New  York,  which, 
with  40  other  buildings,  was  destroyed  by  a mysterious  fire  and 
explosion  on  October  29,  1900.  Twenty-five  lives  were  lost  and 
$1,000,000  worth  of  property  destroyed.  There  were  several  explo- 
sions and  each  shook  the  city,  the  shock  being  felt  for  many  miles. 


1)  OF  SPORT 

by  ED  A.  GOEWEY  (the  old  fan) 


SP 


r 


mJ 


Yi'\ 


STAR  WRESTLERS  AMONG  UNCLE  SAM’S  SEA  FIGHTERS 
That  athletics  contribute  largely  toward  training  Uncle  Sam’s  sea  fighters 


is  not  appreciated  by  the  general  public. 


A SNOW  PRINCESS  RIDING 
IN  STATE 

Sledding  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
of  the  winter  pastimes  at  Tuxedo 
Park,  N.  Y.,  a fashionable  Eastern 
cold  weather  resort,*  but  the  style 
shown  in  the  picture  is  meeting  with 
unusual  favor  each  year,  at  least  from 
the  fair  sex.  In  this  gay  party  are 
Miss  Katherine  Porter,  Jack  Ruther- 
ford and  J.  S.  Pettit. 


The  Navy  Department  con. 
siders  it  so  important  a 
factor  that  it  assigns  a 
.ieutenant  as  Fleet  Ath- 
letic Officer,  to  promote 
athletics  in  the  fleet  and 
arrange  the  schedule  of 
events  for  the  men  in 
the  summer  at  Newport, 
and  in  the  winter  at 
Guantanamo,  Cuba.  The 
events  include  boxing, 
wrestling,  baseball,  tennis, 
golf,  football,  basketball, 
rowing  and  swimming,  and 
medals,  cups  and  other 
trophies  are  awarded  as 
prizes.  In  the  navy  Tom 
Sharkey  and  “Gunboat5* 
Smith  received  their  early 
training.  The  picture  shows 
Seaman  A.  T.  Monzerolle 
and  Fireman  W.  L.  Tucker 
wrestling  aboard  the  bat- 
tleship New  York. 


If 


i . 


--  4 


fCSCaeai  C3i*S»' 


(S' 


I 


OPENING  THE  POLO  SEASON  AT  SAN  MATEO 
In  the  game  which  properly  usnered  in  the  polo  ! 
son  at  the  San  Mateo  Polo  Club,  California, 

Red  defeated  the  White,  by  a score  of  63/i~2s/i. 
Although  it  was  the  inaugural  match  and  the 
ponies  were  green,  the  contest  was  snappy 
and  exciting,  and  the  play,  for  the  most 
part,  was  close.  In  the  photograph 
the  players  are,  left  to  right,  Harry 
Hastings  (White),  Elliott  McAllis- 
ter (Red),  Harry  Hunt  (White), 

Captain  Will  Tevis  (White)  and 
Captain  Walter  Hobart  (Red). 


w Wm 


»v/ 


I 


A 15 ORDER  TROOPER  AND  1113 
PRIZE 

Occasionally  our  boys  along  the  Mexican 
front  had  something  to  do  besides  drill 
and  dig.  The  picture  shows  Sergeant  W. 
Henderson,  of  Troop  M,  Fifth  Cavalry, 
and  about  his  shoulders  is  the  hide  of  a 
bear  which  he  shot  while  on  a hunting 
excursion  into  the  Sierra  Madre  moun- 
tains opposite  El  Valle.  Others  of  his 
party  bagged  four  deer. 


igMeE 


/- 


. 

— — 


> 


WHERE  KING  WINTER’S  REIGN  IS  POPULAR 
In  thinking  of  Montreal  one  naturally  links  this  gay  Canadian  metropolis  with  winter  sports. 
In  no  place  is  cold  weather  welcomed  by  the  lovers  of  out-of-door  entertainment  with 
more  fervor  than  there.  The  picture  shows  a party  of  snowshoe  enthusiasts. 


I'OPTHIGIIT  INT’l.  PlUf 

SKI  JUMPING  IS  FINE 

Skiing  is  the  sport  which  re- 
quires everything  in  the  makeup 
of  the  real,  thirty-third  degree 
athlete — muscle,  nerve  and  skill, 
and  nowhere  are  more  sensa- 
tional feats  performed  than  in 
I he  northern  portion  of  our  own 
Middle  West,  particularly  in  Min- 
nesota. Wisconsin  and  Michigan. 


SUMMER’S  DEAD, 
r,ONG  DIVE  KING  WINTER! 


SNOW-SHOEING  IS  EXHAUSTING 

Could  there  be  a more  appropriate  spot  for  these  fair,  frost-kissed  damsels  to  rest  and  “picnic” 
than  this  wind-shielded  spot  at  the  top  of  a snow-covered  crest  in  the  White  Mountains? 


TAKING  A SHORT  TURN 
Coasting  at  Tuxedo  Park,  N.  V'.,  one  of  the  finest 
locations  in  the  country  for  winter  sports,  and  now 
generally  spoken  of  as  the  “St.  Moritz  of  America. ” 


At  Christmas  ’twill  be  a matter  of  but  small  moment  to  the  Ameri 
an  lover  of  winter  sports  if  at  St.  Moritz  the  sky  be  blue,  the  sun 
bright,  and  the  snow  covering  the  tennis  courts  at  the  Kulm  Hotel 
be  full  40  inches  deep.  Naught  will  they  care  that  the  weather  at 
Kandersteg  is  perfect  for  curling,  or  that  conditions  for  skating  and 
skiing  never  were  more  favorable  at  Engelbcrg  or  Adelboden.  For 
the  time  being,  at  least,  the  clash  of  the  European  nations  has  shut 
them  off  from  Switzerland  and  the  world  famous  resorts  which  dot 
the  Alps.  This  year  the  out-of-doors  children  of  Uncle  Sam  must 
nnd  their  pleasures  at  home,  and  though  not  many  places  here  at  an 
an  altitude  of  from  4,000  to  6,000  feet  are  accessible  during  the  reign 
it  Jack  Frost,  as  they  are  abroad,  there  are  thousands  of  spots  where 
the  snow  and  ice  will  be  all  that  could  be  desired  by  those  who  would 
skate,  ski,  toboggan,  sled  or  follow  the  other  sports  with  which  winter 
should  go  hand  in  hand.  Long  have  we  excelled  at  summer  sports. 
Now  let  us  take  advantage  of  the  cold  weather  opportunities,  which 
bring  with  them  better  health  and  a longer  life. 


OUJ'TKICHT  UNPtRW'Vl*  4r  ODEBWOOU 

SOCIETY  HAS  MADE  IT  A FAD 


Skating,  probably  winter’s  most  healthful  exercise,  has  been  decreed 
the  vogue  by  Dame  Fashion  for  the  cold  weather  months,  and  for 
once,  at  least,  fetter  health  and  a “craze”  will  go  hand  in  hand.  And 
unlike  most  pastimes,  it  is  one  suitable  alike  for  old  and  young, 
with  a guarantee  of  new  life  for  every  sweep  of  the  steel  blades. 


LBTICK 

FANCY  SKATING  VS.  DANCING 


*mS? 


2 . 


THE  NEXT  THING  TO  FLYING 

Would  you  like  to  skim  five  miles  over  the  ice  in  less  than  eight  min- 
utes? Yes?  Then  try  ice  yachting.  For  speed  and  the  element  of 
hazard  it  is  approached  only  by  skiing  and  tobogganing,  but,  as  a 
thrill  producer,  it  stands  by  itself.  It  is  a favorite  sport  in  many 
sections,  but  it  has  been  upon  the  Hudson  and  the  Shrewsbury 
Rivers  that  most  of  the  famous  records  have  been  made. 


GOLF’S  WINTER-BORN  BROTHER  “v,ul 
When  the  frost  is  on  many  things  besides  the  pumpkin,  and  the 
snow  lies  inches  deep  upon  the  links,  then  does  curling  come  into 
its  own.  It  combines  exercise  with  the  fascination  of  a game  re- 
quiring genuine  skill,  and  each  season  finds  its  popularity  on  the 
increase  in  this  country. 


Good-by  tango!  Farewell  fox-trot!  Jack  Frost  now 
is  master  of  ceremonies  and  insists  that  you  choose 
your  partners  for  fancy  skating.  And  ’tis  well,  for 
the  graceful  swings  of  the  skaters,  as  they  sweep  and 
swirl  over  the  ice,  make  the  gyrations  of  the  followers 
of  Terpsichore  appear  clumsy  by  comparison.  Irving 
Brokaw,  formerly  the  international  champion  fancy 
skater,  is  shown  in  the  photograph  with  a partner. 


8T.  PAUL  0.  C.  ABS'N 

A VENTS  ON 
SKATES 
Miss  Mary  Rowe, 
a bewitching  fairy 
of  the  ice,  who  won 
premier  honors  as 
a fancy  skater. 


BROWN 

A SNOW 
PRINCESS 
One  of  the  prettiest 
of  the  thousands  of 
beautiful  damsels 
whose  attractive 
costumes  gave  the 
true  artistic  touch 
to  St.  Paul’s  great 
joy  week. 


8T.  PAOL  0.  C.  AHfi’N 

A REAL  THRILLER 
One  of  the  most  startling 
events  of  the  big  week  was 
an  exhibition  by  Axel 
Hendrickson,  champion 
fancy  ski  jumper  of  the 
world,  recovering  his  poise 
after  a somersault  on  skis. 
More  than  $250,000  was 
spent  by  the  city  for  the 
entertainment  of  the  resi- 
dent participants  and  their 
guests,  all  of  whom  wore 
unique  costumes  befitting 
the  occasion.  In  addition 
to  gorgeous  pageants  and 
elaborate  illumination,  the 
program  included  every 
form  of  winter  sport,  with 
prizes  for  the  winners  in 
each  class. 


A BOOSTER  WORTH  WHILE 

Louis  W.  Hill,  president  of  the  St. 
Paul  Outdoor  Sports  Carnival  As- 
sociation,  and  a gay  party  of 
friends,  about  to  descend  one 
°f  t*ie  s*x  toboggan  slides 
erected  for  the  festival. 
Mr.  Hills  splendid 
efforts  to  make  the 
carnival  a success 
have  caused  his 
friends  to  urge 
him  to  become 
■+«,  a candidate  for 

Mayor. 


ALL  HAIL  HER  MAJESTY 
Even  the  shimmering  rays  of  Old  Sol  reflected 
from  the  city’s  ice-coated  turrets  paled  against 
the  radiance  of  Miss  Camille  Burgess,  Queen  of 
the  Carnival,  shown  herewith  as  she  entered  the 
«ce  fort  on  Harriet  Island,  at  the  head  of  her 
joyous  subjects. 


THEY’RE  OFF 


Although  Jack  Frost  still  hangs  around. 
And  snow  in  places  dots  the  ground. 

The  winter’s  over,  just  the  same. 

That  is — for  you  and  me. 

For  southward  toward  the  training  camp, 
The  players  now  begin  to  vamp. 

To  tunc  up  for  the  dear  old  game. 
Baseball — a toast  to  thee. 


, LIVING  REALTY  THE 

BOUNCE 

< The  somewhat  unusual  honor 

paid  their  queen  by  the  members 
of  the  Glacier  Fark  Marching 
Club  was  but  one  of  the  hundred 
and  more  features  of  the  recent  ten-day 
carnival  at  St.  Paul. 


Of  course  we  know  the  same  old  dope 
Will  northward  float  to  give  us  hope, 
That  we’ve  a pennant  team  at  last— 
These  spring  yarns  always  do. 

We’ll  read  our  vets  are  playing  strong. 
That  not  a rookie  can  go  wrong, 

So  let’s  embrace  the  gay  forecast 
And  nurture  it,  aye,  hold  it  fast 
E’en  though  the  fall  our  dream  shall  blast. 
Baseball — Here’s  how”  to  you- 


UIUNAL  FILM  HERVICB 

WHY  GO  ABROAD  FOR 
SKIING? 

At  Tuxedo,  N.  Y.,  the  society 
colony,  winter  sports  are  re- 
ceived with  acclamation.  Mrs. 
J.  N.  Rutherford  and  Ernest 
Des  Bailiets  are  two  of  the 
enthusiasts  always  willing  to 
risk  a tumble  in  a drift  for  the 
joy  of  the  sport. 


Ice  skating,  fun  enough  alone, 
is  the  more  enjoyable  when  it 
is  made  a part  of  a fast  and  ex- 
citing game.  Hockey  requires 
skill  and  endurance,  accuracy 
and  agility,  but  as  exercise  it 
is  supreme  and  as  a winter 
sport  it  is  not  surpassed.  The 
ice  at  Poland  Springs,  Me., 
provide  those  near  it  with  a 
chance  to  enjoy  the  game,  and 
the  young  men  were  not  slow 
to  take  advantage  of  the  op- 
portunity. 


HOUSE  RACING  ON  THE  ICE  ENTERTAINS  THE  TURF  FANS 
N.  Y , sees  several  horse  racing  meets  each  winter  and  some  fast  horses  show  their  pact  i for  the  benefit  ol 
spectators.  The  picture  shows  the  close  finish  of  an  exciting  race  in  which  regular  racing  gigs  were  used. 


A COLLEGE  EDUCATION  CONQUERS  MOUNTAINS 
At  Dartmouth  College  the  winter  is  welcomed  by  the  Outing 
Club,  of  which  the  members,  each  year,  attempt  an  ascent  of 
Mt.  Washington,  6,293  feet  high.  Three  of  the  last  six 
pears’  attempts  have  been  successful;  last  year  33  of  35 
men  reached  the  summit. 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  A-  CVDEKWOO® 

IT  IS  ALWAYS  TENNIS  TIME  IN  THE  SUNNY  SOUTHERN  STATES 

For  those  who  have  never  learned  to  care  for  ear-muffs  and  snow-shoes,  the  lawn  at  Hot  Springs,  Va.,  provides  golf  courses 
and  tennis  courts.  The  southern  resorts  attract  each  winter  large  numbers  of  sport-lovers  who  miss  their  exercise  when 
snow  covers  the  putting  green  and  hides  the  tennis  tapes. 


PRE88  ILLUSTRATIN'; 

BOW  AND  ARROW  AGAIN  TO  THE  FORE 
Archery,  one  of  the  most  ancient  of  all  sports,  once  again  is 
becoming  the  vogue,  and  the  near  future  should  see  innumerable 
modern  Robin  Hoods  bending  the  yew  in  all  parts  of  the  United 
States.  The  picture  shows  some  of  the  country’s  most  skilful 
archers  shooting  at  a popular  Philadelphia  tournament.  They 
are,  from  left  to  right,  Dr  R.  P.  Elmer,  champion  of  the  United 
States,  W.  H.  Hinckle  Schuster,  G.  W.  Watts,  E.  E.  Trout.  A.  C. 

Hale  and  T.  Truxton  Hare. 


CRIMSON  EIGHTS  SHATTERED  RECORDS  AND  OUTROWED  YALE 


BEAUTY  TO  T1IE  FORE  IN  PORTO  RICO  ATHLETICS 


Emulating  their  more  muscular  brothers,  who  have  made  a 
splendid  showing  in  the  athletic  world  since  they  came  under 
the  protection  of  Uncle  Sam,  the  fair  sex  of  Porto  Rico 
are  making  enviable  records  in  the  “gym"  and  on  fie'd  and 


track.  The  picture  shows  the  basket-ball  groups  of  the 
Rio  Piedras  University,  whose  skill  in  various  games  equaled 
that  of  older  and  more  experienced  players.  They  seem 
as  thoroughly  American  as  our  own  college  girls. 


THE  BLEACHER  FAN 

Out  yonder  ’neath  the  blist’ring  sun. 
Upon  a bleacher  plank. 

He  sits,  the  real  king  of  the  game. 

And  none  disputes  his  rank. 

Sans  coat  and  collar,  stern  of  mien. 

He  urges  on  the  fray; 

The  outside  world  means  naught  to  him. 
He  lives  but  for  the  play. 

The  game  grows  tense,  the  pop-eyed  fan 
Eats  peanuts  by  the  peck — 

To  cries  barbaric  he  gives  tongue, 
Naught  can  his  ardor  check. 

He  tells  this  player  when  to  hit. 

And  that  one  when  to  steal; 

His  team  behind,  he  roars  good  cheer; 
Ahead — his  wild  shouts  peal. 

Throuqh  thick  and  thin . you  bet  that  he 
Is  always  at  his  post; 

Of  all  the  rooters , 'tls  a cinch , 

The  players  love  him  most . 


Harvard  swept  the  Thames  in  the  annual  races,  beating  Yale 
in  the  three  eight-oared  events.  In  the  Varsity  race,  shown 
in  the  picture,  the  Crimson  won  by  four  lengths  in  a new 
record  of  20m.  2s.,  wiping  out  that  of  20m.  10s.  made  in 


1888  by  Yale.  The  losers’  time  was  20m.  7s.  The  Harvard 
freshmen  also  established  a new  record,  crossing  the  line  a 
length  ahead  of  che  “Old  Eli”  crew  in  9m.  36  3-5s.  The 
previous  record,  made  by  Yale  in  1906,  was  9m.  37  l-5s 


METROPOLITAN  POLICE  DISPLAY  MILITARY  SKILL 
For  many  months  the  members  of  the  New  York  police  force  have 
been  trained  carefully  in  the  “arts  of  war,”  and  at  a splendid 
exhibition  before  Governor  Whitman  and  25,000  spectators  at 
Sheepshead  Bay  they  displayed  marvelous  proficiency.  Two 
events  which  won  the  most  commendation  were  a sham  battle 
and  displays  of  swordsmanship  by  the  mounted  men.  Of  these 
latter  the  melee  contest,  shown  in  the  picture,  was  the  feature 


CLIFF  MARKLE 


A PAIR  OF  STAR  TWIRLERS 


FRED  ANDERSON 


Ever  hear  of  a ballplayer  pitching  for  his  health? 
No?  Well  Fred  Anderson,  star  boxman  of  the 
Giants,  did  it.  Some  years  ago,  when  studying 
dentistry,  he  was  a Red  Sox  tosser.  Then  he 
put  aside  the  spangles  to  become  a real  ex- 
tractor in  his  old  Georgia  home,  but  business 
became  so  brisk  that  his  health  broke  down. 
He  returned  to  the  diamond  for  his  physical 
well  being,  and  as  a Fed  and  New  York  twirler, 
not  only  regained  his  vigor  but  became  one  of 
the  game’s  most  dependable  mound  performers. 
When,  in  1913,  Cliff  Markle  was  turned  back 
by  the  Reds  because  of  his  peculiar  delivery, 
he  was  a downcast  youth  indeed.  To-day  few 
big-time  pitchers  are  happier. 


■ 


MORE  POWER  TO  THEM  baktu  bdmao  or  idbcatioh 

The  Stars  and  Stripes  and  baseball  go  hand  iii  hand,  and  wherever  the  sons  of  Uncle  Sam  penetrate,  there  will  you  find  America’s 
national  pastime  played.  The  game  followed  Old  Glory  to  Manila,  and  has  done  more  for  the  cause  of  civilization  there  than  any 
other  single  agency.  At  the  top  is  the  champion  team  of  the  province  of  Cebu,  and  the  members  of  this  outfit  are  said  to  be  among 
the  most  skilful  handlers  of  the  bat  and  ball  in  the  Far  East.  The  picture  below  shows  a championship  game  of  baseball  played 
bjr  members  *f  the  Tipas  and  Oroquieta  girls’  schools,  two  of  the  best-known  educational  institutions  in  the  Philippines.  The 
players’  ages  range  from  10  to  16  years  and  they  are  amazingly  clever  at  this  sport. 


KTROXEN  CROSS  COUNTRY 
CHAMPION 

Game  little  Viller  Kyronen  (left),  the 
star  of  the  Millrose  A.  A.,  of  New  York, 
was  crowned  America’s  cross  country 
king  properly  when  he  won  the  senior 
National  A.  A.  U.  championship  run 
under  deplorable  conditions  at  Van 
Cortlandt  Park,  and  hung  up  a new 
record  of  32  m.  46  s.  Hannes  Koleh- 
mainen  (right),  also  a Finn,  and  head 
of  the  1912  Olympic  games,  finished 
second,  75  yards  behind.  The  run  wa» 
through  a blinding  rain  and  deep  mud. 


E.  SCOTT,  STAR 
SHORTSTOP 
Scott,  shortstop  of  the 
Boston  Red  Sox,  and 
hero  of  the  1916 
world  series,  in  that 
year’s  festivities  hung 
up  one  of  the  greatest 
fielding  averages  ever 
made  by  a player  in 
that  position.  He  took 
part  in  121  games, 
made  217  pu touts  and 
339  assists  and  had  but 
19  errors.  His  per- 
centage was  .967. 


NEW  ENGLAND’S  ONLY  GIRL  HOCKEY  TEAM  WTKBNATI0NAL F,LM 
Each  season  is  strenuous  for  the  Boston  Girls’  Hockey  Club,  the  only  one  of  its  kind 
in  New  England,  which  will  meet  all  challengers  of  either  sex,  at  the  Boston  Arena. 
The  young  women  are  all  sound  athletes  and  expert  pushers  of  the  puck,  and  their 
supporters  believe  they  will  defeat  most  opponents.  They  are,  top  (left  to  right), 
Mary  Campbell,  Helen  Sheehan  and  Frances  Goldberg:  seated,  Mildred  Conley, 
Catherine  McDougal,  Ruth  Denesha,  Captain  Gertrude  Hawkes  and  Lena  Douchette. 


SCOTLAND’S 
ANCIENT  SPORT  FINDS 
FAVOR  HERE 
To  date  the  United  States 
has  kept  out  of  the  titanic 
conflict  raging  in  Europe, 
but  Uncle  Sam  has  not 
been  able  to  prevent  those 
who  have  come  from  the 
other  side  engaging  in 
contests  here.  Recent lv 

teams-  representing  the 
North  and  South  of 
Scotland,  living  in  New 
York,  definitely  settled  11 
the  question  as  to 
which  was  the  superior 
at  curling.  The  men 
from  the  North  won  f 
the  match.  , ^ 


RIVALS  THE  SWAN 
IN  GRACE 

Some  of  the  best  profes- 
sional fancy  divers  have 
been  developed  in  the 
Middle  West  in  recent 
years,  but  the  general 
opinion  there  is  that  for 
all-round  grace  and  beauty 
of  style,  none  excel  Helen 
Osborne,  of  Chicago, 
shown  in  the  above  r ictures 
doing  the  swan  and  ihe 
hand  stand  dive. 


YOUTHFUL  MARKSMEN  MAKE  NEW  RECORD 

Rifle  team  of  the  Michigan  Agricultural  College,  wnicn  was  awarded  the  intercollegiate 
championship  by  the  National  Rifle  Association.  In  12  matches  the  team  shot  perfect 
scores  of  1,000  points  each.  In  the  13th  the  score  was  998,  and  the  total  of  12,998  set  a 
new  world’s  record.  Members  of  the  team  are:  top — J.  A.  Berry,  captain,  H.  W. 
Sheldon.  A.  J.  Patch;  second  row — Sergt.  P.  J.  Cross,  U.  S.  A.,  coach,  F.  H.  Utley,  R. 
D.  Kean,  J.  Pate,  M.  M.  Harman.  Lieut.  Ira  Langanecker,  U.  S.  A.,  commandant;  bot- 
tom— R W Berridgr  S W Harman.  R A Pennington.  R M Shane.  M.  R.  Freeman 


• INTUMTIuOiL  rm 

FINALISTS  IN  INDOOR  TENNIS  CHAMPIONSHIPS 
Elliot  Binzen,  of  Fordham  University,  (left),  and  H.  B.  O’Boyle,  of 
Georgetown  University,  were  the  finalists  in  the  1916  National  Indoor 
Tennis  Championship,  which  was  won  by  the  former.  Both  contestants 
have  well-deserved  records  as  skilful  wielders  of  the  racquet. 


CEVTHA1.  .N  EWS 

ROUGH  RIDING 

INDEED 

Down  at  Palm  Beach, 
Florida,  where  the  snow- 
ball ever  is  conspicuous  by 
its  absence,  a new  diversion 
has  found  favor  with  the 
smart  set  wintering  at  that 
famous  resort.  They  call 
it  “sea  horse  riding,”  and 
though,  as  the  picture 
indicates,  there  is  but  a 
faint  resemblance  to  a 
thoroughbred  in  the  steeds, 
those  who  have  learned  to 
govern  th^m  declare  that 
bronco  breaking  is  easy  by 
comparison.  Races  be- 
tween expert  riders  of  the 
“sea  horses”  are  a feature 
of  the  weekly  sport  pro- 
grams. 


PACH  photo  news 


POPYKimiT  UNDERWOOD  Sr  UNDERWOOD 

PREPARING  FOR  THE 
1917  ROWING  SEASON 
While  you  are  all  bundled  up 
in  furs  and  are  keeping  on 
the  move  to  prevent  the 
frost  from  nipping  at  your 
toes  and  ears,  do  you  ever 
think  of  the  army  of  young 
athletes  who  are  working 
indoors  with  might  and  main 
to  preoare  entertainment  for 
you  next  summer?  The 
picture  shows  the  candidates 
for  posts  on  the  rowing  crews 
of  Columbia  University,  who 
responded  to  the  mid-winter 
call  of  Coach  Rice. 


OF  KING  WINTER 


IN  THE  REALM 


visitors  who  journey  to  this  mighty  natural  theatre  to  skate, 
toboggan,  snowshoe  or  indulge  in  other  cold  weather  sports. 
The  picture  shows  a bit  of  Lake  Placid,  one  of  the  most 
picturesque  bodies  of  water  in  the  entire  mountains. 


The  Adirondacks  in  winter  are  the  complete  fulfillment  of 
the  dreams  of  lovers  of  the  great  out-of-doors  when  snow 
and  frost  hold  sway  Here  nature  paints  her  masterpieces, 


A YOUTHFUL  AIR  KING 
Herbert  Wolf,  the  eighteen-year-old 
Oakland  boy,  who,  in  flights  at 
Ingleside  Beach,  San  Francisco,  set 
up  a new  time  record  for  amateurs 
when  he  made  ten  figure  eights  in  ten 
minutes. 


FAIR  SEX  SKILFUL 
WITH  THE  FOILS 
Fencing  receives  its  yearly 
boom  when  Jack  Frost 
curtails  greatly  the  number 
of  sports  in  the  open. 
Each  year  wie  ders  of  the 
foils  are  carrying  out  an 
elaborate  program  of  cham- 
pionship contests  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  country 
under  the  auspices  of  the 
Amateur  Fencers’  League. 
The  picture  shows  three 
well-known  American 
women  fencers.  Dr.  Alice 
Gregory  (left).  Miss  Anna 
Pellew  and  Mrs.  Charles 
H.  Voorhees,  winner  ot 
the  women’s  championship. 


PIPP,  LEADING  RUN-MAKER 
Walter  Pipp,  first  baseman  of  the 
Yankees,  can  look  back  upon  1916,  the 
23d  year  of  his  existence  and  his 
second  season  in  major  league  base- 
ball, with  more  than  pardonable  pride. 
He  tied  with  Veach,  of  the  Tigers, 
for  the  sacrifice  fly  honors,  led  in 
home  run  clouts  with  12  to  his  credit, 
and  headed  all  other  American 
League  hitters  in  batting  in  runs 
with  a total  of  99. 


BRESNAHAN 


TENNEY 


KEELER 


international  fiimbekvic* 

FOOTBALL  IN  THE  SHADOW  OF  MARS 

This  unusual  photo  was  taken  during  a game  at 
Saloniki  in  which,  after  a desperate  struggle,  the 
Hercules  team,  of  that  city,  hitherto  unbeaten, 
was  defeated,  two  goals  to  one,  by  a team  from 

H.  M.  S.  . We’d  like  to  tell  you  the  name 

of  the  vessel,  but,  unfortunately,  the  British 
censor  interfered  with  his  blue  pencil. 


A MODERN  SAMSON 
A sensation  of  the  college  athletic 
world  is  "Mike”  Dorizas,  the 
gigantic  Greek  student  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  who 
not  only  holds  the  intercollegiate 
heavyweight  wrestling  champion- 
ship, but  has  shattered  all  the 
intercollegiate  records  in  the 
strength  tests. 


BUT— 

He‘s  just  about  the  freshest  kid 
Who  ever  joined  our  team, 

And  when  he  brags  about  himself 
His  talk  flows  like  a stream. 

He  boasts  rom  sunup  until  eve, 
He  thinks  he  knows  it  all, 

But — I’ll  take  off  my  hat  to  him, 
He  sure  can  clout  the  ball. 


A BRAZI  LI  AN  WATER  SPRITE  .cbisu.l.. 

Carmen  Lydia,  of  far-away  Rio  de  Janeiro,  though  not  yet  fourteen  years  old,  already 
has  performed  such  startling  aquatic  feats  that  the  South  American  sporting  public  has 
nicknamed  her  the  “ Brazilian  Kellermann.”  Though  a classic  dancer  by  profession, 
i etite  Carmen  has  made  swimming  her  chief  interest,  and  no  feat  of  diving  or  distance 
swim  has  been  too  dangerous  for  her  to  undertake  She  is  here  shown  jumping  from  the 
Presidential  Bridge  into  the  Bay  of  Guanabara,  at  Rio. 


When  he  came  to  us  from  the  “sticks,” 
He  surely  made  us  grin, 

His  funny,  little  freckled  face 
Was  homelier  than  sin. 

If  he’d  learned  anything  at  school, 
He’d  clean  forgot  it  all, 

But — we  forgot  those  handicaps 
When  he  just  slammed  the  ball. 


THE  WEST  IS  PROUD  OF  THESE  BOYS  . * ««... 

For  the  fourth  time  in  five  seasons  the  University  of  Wisconsin  basketball  team  won  the  Western 
Conference  Championship,  and  their  appearance  would  indicate  that  they  were  physically  able  to  continue 
their  excellent  efforts  indefinitely.  In  the  seasons  of  1911  12  and  1913-14  the  Badgers  had  ),000  per  cent, 
records,  and  in  the  five  seasons  won  seventy-six  and  lost  but  six  games.  Dr.  Walter  E.  Meanwell,  of  Balti 
more,  the  coach,  who  took  charge  of  the  team  in  1911,  is  credited  with  being  the  best  in  his  line  in  this 
country  The  picture  shows,  top  row,  Levis,  Chandler,  Carlson,  McIntosh,  Morris.  Middle  row,  Ruder, 
manager,  Simpson,  Olsen,  Dr.  Meanwell,  coach.  Bottom  row,  Meyers,  Haasm,  captain,  Smith. 


HARGBEAVE* 

GREATEST  SCHOOL- 
BOY  SPRINTER 
Out  of  the  Far  West  has 
come  another  wonderful 
youthful  athlete.  He  is 
Evan  Pearson,  19  years 
old,  a junior  at  the  North 
Central  High  School,  of 
Spokane, Wash.,  and  his  ac- 
complishments give  prom- 
ise of  a great  future  for  him 
as  a sprinter.  In  1915,  at 
Stagg’s  meet  in  Chicago,  he 
won  the  100-yd.  dash,  was 
second  in  the  220  and  440, 
making  him  the  point  win- 
ner of  the  occasion.  Next 
year  three  timers  caught 
him  at  9 4-5s.  for  the  100- 
yd.  dash,  a new  interscho- 
lastic record.  He  has  run 
220  in  22  1-5  s 


RBLT  8t  WAT 

A WORLD’S  FAVORITE  AT  PLAY 
Don’t  recognize  him  in  this  costume,  eh?  Thought  you 
wouldn’t.  But  it  is  John  Philip  Sousa,  the  “American  March’’ 
king,  just  the  same.  Occasionally  he  lays  aside  his  baton  for 
his  gun,  and  with  the  latter  has  become  one  of  the 
country’s  crack  trap  shooters.  His  home  contains 
many  trophies  bearing  testimony  to  his  skill,  in- 
I eluding  the  medal  he  won  recently  at  the  tourna- 
ment  of  the  Coney  Island  Industrial  Bureau,  when 
he  made  88  out  of  90  shots.  Mr.  Sousa  learned  to 
— shoot  with  the  Washington  (D.  C.)  boy*  as  soon  as 

he  could  hold  a gun,  his  first  weapon  being  fash- 
ioned from  an  old  army  carbine  by  his  father. 


V ENT&AI*  ' 1W8 

A NEW  DIVING  VENUS 
Miss  Mae  Stewart,  of  St.  Louis,  National  woman  cham- 
pion for  the  two-mile  river  swim,  is  the  newest  aspirant 
for  the  crown  of  Annette  Kellermann.  She  is  particularly 
proficient  at  high  and  fancy  diving,  and  in  the  picture  i-= 
shown  making  the  swan  dive,  considered  one  of  the  most 
graceful  by  all  swimmers. 


THOM> 


R.  Norris  Williams 


Dave  Davenport 


William  K.  Rodgers 


Urban  Shocker 


SETBACK  FOR  CALIFORNIA  TENNIS  CRACKS 


UNDERWOOD  A UNDERWOOD 


The  East  was  arrayed  against  the  West  in  the  big  tournament  of  the  West  Side  Tennis  Club,  held  at  Forest 
Hills,  L.  I .,  and  the  former  won  by  a wide  margin,  the  famous  California  players  getting  their  worst  setback  in 
a long  time.  In  the  greatest  duel  since  the  Davis  Cup  contest  in  1914,  R.  Norris  Williams,  2nd,  bested  the 
national  champion,  William  M.  Johnston,  who  but  a few  days  previous  had  won  the  Longwood  Cup,  at  the 
Longwood  Cricket  Club,  near  Boston.  Williams  beat  Johnston  three  out  of  five  sets.  In  the  doubles  the  West 
scored  its  only  victory,  retaining  the  championship,  William  M.  Johnston  and  Clarence  J.  Griffin  besting  Karl 
Behr  and  Frederick  B.  Alexander  three  sets  out  of  four. 


I 


JOE  TI.N  ilEH 


MORDECAI  BROWN 


PRANK  SCHULTE 


MISS  JOSEPHINE  BARTLETT 


MISS  CLAIRE  GALLIGAN 


COURTESY  OP  RAN D LET 

THEY  OUTDO  THE  MERMAIDS 

Miss  Josephine  Bartlett,  home  New  York  City,  age  twenty, 
has  been  swimming  but  four  years,  yet  at  the  1915  Sports- 
man’s Show  at  Madison  Square  Garden  she  dived  every  night 
for  one  week  from  scratch,  meeting  all  comers  in  handicap 
dives,  and  won  the  championship  of  the  United  States  and  the 
Annette  Kellermann  trophy  by  more  than  30  points.  She 
also  has  held  the  championship  of  the  National  Women’s 
Life  Saving  League  for  three  successive  years.  At  the  age 
of  eleven  Miss  Bartlett  dislocated  her  hip  joint,  which  was 
followed  by  a double  curvature  of  the  spinet  ’Twas  more 
than  a year  before  she  again  could  walk  normally.  Then 
she  took  up  athletics.  So  you  see  when  a woman  wills  no 
handicaps  can  check  her. 


(NTI&NaTIONaL  PILM  SERVICE 

Graceful  Miss  Claire  Galligan,  of  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  in  the 
first  Women’s  National  Swimming  Championship  held  under 
the  auspices  of  the  A.  A.  U.,  won  the  title  in  the  500-yard  race 
ir  8 nvnutes,  5 1-5  seconds,  and  by  more  than  four  lengths  of  the 
twentv-yard  tank  ahead  of  her  nearest  rival.  She  also  was  victor 
in  the  100-yard  handicap  race  from  scratch,  despite  starts  of 
from  twelve  to  forty  seconds  given  her  competitors. 


UNCLE  SAM  COULD  USE 

If  anyone  has  a neat  job  of  sharpshooting  he  wants  done  he 
should  obtain  the  services  of  Adolph  Topperwein  and  his  wife, 
of  San  Antonio,  Texas,  among  the  most  remarkable  handlers  of 
the  rifle,  shotgun  and  revolver  in  the  world.  On  thirteen  oc- 
casions Topperwein  has  broken  the  world’s  flying  target  rifle 
records  and  he  shot  for  ten  successive  days  at  2^  inch  blocks 


AN  ARMY  LIKE  THESE 

thrown  into  the  air  at  a distance  of  twenty-five  feet  and  missed 
but  four  out  of  the  first  50,000  and  only  nine  out  of  the  entire 
72,500.  His  highest  straight  run  was  14,540.  Mrs.  Topperwein, 
is  considered  the  most  expert  woman  shot  in  the  world.  One 
day,  in  four  hours  and  thirty-five  minutes  of  consecutive  shooting 
she  broke  961  out  of  1,000  targets,  thrown  at  unknown  angles. 


INTERNATIONAL  FILM  8EMTICE 

WASHINGTON  SMART  SET’S 
NEWEST  FAD 

Among  the  featured  entries  at  a popular 
society  circus  at  the  nation’s  capital  was 
Stoneihurst  Luchs,  a police  dog,  who  is  shown 
gracefully  taking  a ten-foot  “wall,”  with  hi~ 
owner,  Miss  Ann  Tracy,  well  known  in 
Washington’s  smart  set,  looking  on. 


SOME  RELIEF 

The  cannons  roared  in  thund’rous  tones. 

The  shells  about  him  broke; 

The  air  was  thick  with  noxious  gas, 

All  round  was  choked  with  smoke. 

He  tossed  his  cigarette  away, 

And  then  picked  up  his  gun, 

Then  at  a signal,  double  quick, 

He  took  it  on  the  run. 

Across  the  shot -scarred  battlefield, 

While  shrapnel  passed  him  by; 

He  charged  straight  for  a gun-crowned  trench. 
And  never  winked  an  eye. 

He  laughed,  as  down  the  other  side. 

With  rapid  strides  he  plunged; 

And  then  about,  with  bayonet. 

He  swiftly  struck  and  lunged. 

The  day  was  won,  they  cheered  his  grit, 

But,  carelessly,  said  he: 

“A  baseball  umpire  once  was  /, 

This  thing  is  play  for  me." 


THE  PONIES  AGAIN  IN  THE  LIMELIGHT 


A stirring  moment  in  the  first  game  of  the  great  polo  tournament 
at  the  Whitney  field,  Aiken,  South  Carolina,  between  the  Pine 
Tree  and  Aiken  Polo  Clubs.  Plans,  already  well  matured,  indi- 


cate that  this  sport  will  achieve  a greater  vogue  in  America  each 
year.  In  the  army,  in  particular,  efforts  will  be  made  to  gr  e 
the  game  a tremendous  boom. 


QUEENS  OF  1HE  RACKET 
Molla  Bjurstedt,  on  the  right,  the 
clever  Norwegian  miss  whose  sen- 
sational tennis  accomplishments 
made  her  the  national  indoor  and 
outdoor  champion,  successfully  de- 
fended her  honors  in  tennis  at  the 
annual  invitation  tournament  at 
Brooklyn.  Mrs.  S.  F.  Weaver,  at 
the  left,  was  defeated  in  straight 
sets  by  the  champion  in  the  first 
day  of  play.  Later  the  Norwe- 
gian miss  added  to  her  laurels  at 
the  Women’s  National  Tennis 
Championship  Tournament,  at  the 
Seventh  Regiment  Armory,  New 
York.  In  most  of  her  games  she 
followed  her  well-known  slashing 
style  of  play,  and  only  upon  rare 
occasions  was  she  hard  pressed  by 
opponents. 


THEY  COULD  GIVE  POINTERS 
TO  THE  FISHES 

World’s  champion  swimmers  sunning  them- 
selves on  the  beach  at  Waikiki,  Honolulu.  On 
the  left  is  Ludy  Langer,  of  the  University  of 
California,  holder  of  the  world’s  amateur 
record  for  the  440-yards  swim  and  the  Ameri- 
can national  champion  at  500  yards,  800  yards, 
and  one  mile.  Next  to  him  is  Duke  Kahana- 
moku,  of  th"  Hui  Nalu  Club  of  Honolulu,  the 
world’s  champion  at  50,  100  and  200  yards  and 
Olympic  champion  at  100  meters.  The  lady  is 
Miss  Frances  Cowells,  of  San  Francisco,  Pacific 
Coast  woman  champion  at  all  distances  from 
50  to  350  yard-5,  and  at  the  right  is  N.  Peterson, 
Langer’s  trainer  and  a professional  high  diver. 


IT’S  UP  TO  YOU.  JOHN 

season  near,  We  expect  a lot  from  you, 

John  McGraw,  John  McGraw. 

shall  not  jeer.  And  likewise  your  Giant  crew, 
John  McGraw,  John  McGraw, 

time  ago,  For  somehow  the  big  time  show 


When  your  Giants,  as  you  know. 
Finished  last— a bitter  blow, 
Filling  many  hearts  with  woe, 
John  McGraw. 


Lacks  its  spice  when  they  go  slow 
They've  no  business  in  last  row. 
Get  together,  let  'er  go, 

John  McGraw. 


TENNIS  IN  THE  FAR  EAST 

Dawson  and  Griffin,  two  of  California’s  favorite  sons,  defeating  Kumagae  and  Yamasaki  on  the  courts  at  Tokyo  in 
a match  before  an  audience  of  Japanese  dignitaries.  In  the  singles  Griffin,  after  a hard  battle,  was  defeated  by  Kum- 
agae, the  champion  of  the  Orient. 


Elinor  Estes 


Dorothy  Klump 
YOUTHFUL  SWIMMING 
MARVELS 

Never  in  the  history  of  modern 
athletics  have  so  many  children 
been  taught  to  take  care  of  them- 
selves in  the  water  as  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  and  the  results  obtained 
arc  worthy  of  the  objective.  Two 
little  ones  who  have  profited  much 
in  this  respect  are  Elinor  Estes, 
3'A  years  old,  of  Orlando,  Florida, 
and  7-year-old  Dorothy  Klump,  of 
Philadelphia.  The  former,  known 
as  the  “champion  baby  swimmer 
of  Florida,"  can  swim  25  feet  at  a 
stretch,  dives  perfectly,  floats  and 
makes  her  way  under  water  with 
eyes  open.  Dorothy  swam  across 
the  Schuylkill  River,  at  Lafayette, 
and  back,  320  yards,  with  hands 
and  feet  tied. 


’L  FILM  SERVICE 

YOUNGS  ERS  AS  HORSE  SHOW  WINNERS 
At  the  23d  annual  Westchester  County  Horse  Show,  at  Gedney 
Farm,  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  a famous  gathering  place  for  lovers  of 
the  horse,  Miss  Marion  Healy,  on  Llwyn  Jess  (left),  was  awarded 
first  prize  for  ponies  13  hands  or  under,  ridden  by  children;  and 
Miss  Evelyn  Hall  McManus,  on  Lady  Fan  (right),  received  the 
second  award. 


COPYRIGHT 


UNIQUE  INDEED  IS  THIS 
GOLF  COURSE 
First  game  on  the  new  municipal 
golf  course,  at  Elmwood  Park, 
Omaha,  Neb.,  which  was  opened 
in  1916,  and  which  enjoys  the 
\ distinction  of  being  the  only 
one  in  existence  on  which  an 
Wk\  entire  game  may  be  fol- 
lowed  by  automobile. 


Eddie  Mensor 


[fERWOOD  4b 


Doug”  Baird 


Sherwood  Magee 


Herding  the  back  to  nature”  call,  five  young  women,  all  well  known  in  the  smart  sets  of 
their  respective  home  towns,  barefooted  and  clad  in  light  walking  dresses,  completed  a 100- 
mile  hike  from  South  Woodstock,  Conn.,  to  Sharon,  Mass.,  camping  along  the  way  and 
occasionally  imitating  Psyche’s  famous  brook-gazing  feat.  They  are,  from  left  to  right, 
Madeline  Haff.  of  Kansas  City;  Georgia  Sprague,  New  York;  Margaret  Chamberlaine, 
Dobbs  Ferry,  N.  Y.;  Vivian  Johannes,  Stevens  Point,  la.,  and  Mary  Gavin,  Indianapolis. 


Zack  Wheat 


V * /m 

f- 

L /'?*■  “*1  * " :'XirW’ 

"SMILING  BILL’* 

The  fellow  worth  while,  so  the  rhymstors  all  say. 

Is  he  who  can  smile  though  things  don't  go  his  way. 
Hard  luck  and  adversity  can’t  make  him  frown. 

He'll  ne'er  take  the  count  even  though  he's  knocked 
down. 

A soldier — he  charges,  but  never  retreats, 

In  the  end  he  should  conquer,  surmounting  defeats. 
A lad  such  as  this  heads  the  game  Yankee  clan, 

“ Smiling  Bill " the  fans  call  him — last  name,  Donovan 

When  the  season  was  young,  no  cloud  was  in  sight. 
His  team  was  a winner,  the  prospects  were  bright  ; 
With  a smash  and  a dash,  it  rushed  to  the  lead, 

It  seemed  that  no  rival  could  e’er  check  its  speed. 

But  "there's  many  a slip,”  a wise  man  once  said 
With  a crash  the  spurt  ended,  the  sunshine  had  fled 
Each  star  man  was  injured,  till  all  were  laid  low. 

But  Bill  kept  a grinning  and  hustling  you  know. 

As  game  as  they  make  'em,  he  stuck  to  his  task. 

And  fought  all  the  harder — no  more  could  one  ask. 


DC  T All  MON 

M OULD  S SPEEDIEST  BOAT 
All  world's  speed  records  for  boats 
were  shattered  to  bits  when  “Miss 
Minneapolis,”  built  and  owned  by 
Smith  brothers,  of  Algonac,  Mich., 
set  a new  record  at  the  twenty-second 
annual  regatta  of  the  Inter-Lake 
Yachting  Association  at  Put-in-Bay, 
Lake  Erie,  O.,  by  covering  a twenty- 
mile  course  at  the  rate  of  66^3  miles 
an  hour.  Her  propeller  averaged  2,200 
revolutions  a minute. 


They’re  hoping  you  win  out,  each  fan  to  a man. 
They’re  rooting  for  you,  "Smiling  Bill”  Donovan. 


INTERNATIONAL  FILM  SERVICE 

FOB  HE'S  A JOLLY 
GOOD  FELLOW 
In  addition  to  his  other 
admirable  qualities, 
Charles  E.  Hughes  is  an 
enthusiastic  baseball  fan. 
In  Detroit,  while  on  a 
speaking  tour  through  the 
Middle  West,  he  took 
sufficient  time  from  his 
campaigning  to  watch  a 
game  between  the  Tigers 
and  Athletics.  Mr.  Hughes 
is  pictured  standing  on  the 
roof  of  the  Detroit  Club’s 
dug-out,  shaking  hands 
with  the  players  of  both 
teams. 


COLEMAN 

DOWNES  M INS  ANOTHER  C HAMPIONSHIP 
At  the  annual  national  A.  A.  U.  swimming  competitions  at  the 
South  Shore  Country  Club,  Chicago,  A1  E.  Downes,  of  the 
New  York  A.  C.,  won  the  high  dive  for  men  from  a field  of  worthy 
competitors.  He  has  been  the  national  and  metropolitan 
champion  for  four  years,  and  has  been  competing  for  twenty-two 
years.  To  win  this  championship  “Al”  was  compelled  to  excel 
in  the  back  dive  and  back  somersault  from  an  elevation  of 
sixteen  feet,  and  a standing  and  running  forward  dive  from  a 
board  thirty  feet  above  the  water,  and  six  voluntary  dives,  the 
styles  left  to  the  competitor’s  choice. 


ON  THE  WAR  PATH 


At  last  John  K.  Tener,  president 
of  the  National  League,  is  in  a 
position  to  protect  his  umpires  to 
the  limit.  The  conduct  of  certain 
players  of  an  Eastern  team  at 
Last  became  such  that  the  good 
name  of  the  sport  was  in  jeopardy, 
and  the  executive  called  a special 
meeting  of  the  club  presidents  to 
consider  the  case.  He  was  given 
full  authority  to  rule  with  a rod  of 
iron,  and  in  future  he  will  see  that 
the  parent  league  is  as  free  from 
umpire  baiters  among  the  players 
as  the  American  League  has  been 
since  its  inception. 


TEACHING  THE  FAIR 

With  the  idea  of  assisting  young  women  to  learn  something 
of  the  art  of  the  woodsman  and  to  stimulate  their  athletic 
tendencies,  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  has  established  Camp  Bluefields 
at  Palisade  Interstate  Park,  on  the  side  of  South  Mountain, 


SEX  MT  OODCR  AFT  press  illustrating  CO. 

N.  Y.,  formerly  used  by  the  State  as  a rifle  range.  The 
cost  to  each  damsel  is  less  than  $4  a week,  and  splendid 
results  have  been  accomplished.  The  picture  shows  a bevy  of 
campers  after  a hike  preparing  a fire  for  a “bacon  treat.” 


Wade  Killifer 


Christy  Mathewson 


INT’L  FILM 

ON  A TRANSCONTINENTAL  SPIN 
To  prove  that  women  are  an  important  factor  in  national  preparedness 
and  efficiency,  Misses  Adeline  and  Augusta  Van  Buren  of  New  York, 
descendants  of  Martin  Van  Buren,  once  President  of  the  United  States, 
started  from  the  Metropolis  to  San  Francisco  on  the  first  motorcycle 
trip  across  the  continent  ever  attempted  by  women. 


BINKLEY 

CHAMPION  WATER  NYMPHS  OP  THE  U.  S.  A. 

Beauty  and  skill  combined  constituted  the  principal  feature  of  the 
great  championship  swimming  races  at  San  Francisco  at  which  gathered 
practically  all  of  the  country’s  champions.  Among  the  best-known  of 
the  fair  sex  were  those  shown  in  the  photo,  and  they  are  (upper  row, 
left  to  right)  Ethel  Daley  and  Frances  Cowells,  San  Francisco;  Claire 
Galligan,  New  York;  Mabel  Green,  San  Francisco,  and  Bernice  Lone, 
Honolulu;  ( bottom  row)  Olga  Dorfner  and  Agnes  Huber,  Philadelphia, 
and  Miss  G.  Galligan,  New  York  Miss  Dorfner  won  the  first  100- 
yards  A.  A.  U.  championship  race  for  women,  1.08?^;  Miss  Claire  Galli- 
gan second,  and  Miss  Huber  third.  The  50-yards  race  for  the  Pacific 
coast  championship  was  won  by  Miss  Cowells,  with  Miss  Daley  second. 


Charley  Herzog 


•‘GOOD-BY.  MATTY.  AND  GOOD  LUCK’* 

(A  pal's  tribute) 


The  old  Master's  best  days  are  ended, 
His  shadow  has  passed  o'er  the  hill; 
The  mighty  arm  so  long  our  boast 
Has  lost  both  its  cunning  and  skill. 

But  he  was  a faithful  soldier. 

For  he  served  his  full  time — and  more: 


And  his  years  as  king  of  pitchers, 

Why  they  numbered  almost  a score. 

We  know  that  the  fans  will  miss  him, 
They  loved  him  as  player  and  man; 

But  the  real  heart  aches  are  felt  by  us — 
His  pals  of  the  Giants’  clan. 

We  patted  his  shoulder  at  parting, 

We  wished  him  good  luck  and  God  speed ; 
And  we  tried  to  stifle  our  feelings, 

But  I fear  we  didn’t  succeed. 

The  tears  would  moisten  the  eyelids. 

For  he  was  a friend  worth  while: 

May  his  future  pathway  be  rose  strewn. 
With  sunshine  throughout  each  mile. 


WAR  IS  NOT  ALWAYS  WHAT  SHERMAN  SAID  IT  WAS  ‘"‘■nL“ 

At  Saloniki,  where  forces  representing  the  Entente  allies,  many  men  encamped  for  many  weeks.  I ture  shows  some  two  dozen  clever  acrobats  among  Great  Britain's  soldiers  from  India  giving  an 

The  troops  often  were  entertained  by  something  other  than  the  music  of  shot  and  shell.  The  pic-  | impromptu  circus  for  the  benefit  of  their  comrades. 


TWO  DIAMOND  FAVORITES  IN 
THE  LIMELIGHT 


George  Burns,  the  modest  and  hard- 
working left  fielder  of  the  Giants,  who 
last  season  led  the  National  League  in 
run  making,  with  105  to  his  credit  on 
174  hits,  now  has  added  a new  record 
to  his  string.  Recently  he  supplanted  Tom  Griffith,  of  the  Reds,  as  the  leader  in  consecutive  games 
played.  George  has  not  missed  a single  game  with  his  team  since  the  opening  of  the  1915  season, 
his  total  when  he  upset  the  previous  record  being  318.  Bums  became  a New  York  regular  in  1913 
and  since  that  time  has  missed  but  eight  games  of  the  630  played.  Fred  Merkle,  long  a player  with 
the  McGraw  team  and  later  with  Brooklyn,  has  joined  the  Cubs  to  play  first  base  in  the  place  of 
Vic  Saier,  who  broke  his  leg  recently.  ’Twas  in  1908  when  Merkle,  by  failing  to  touch  second  base 
in  an  all-important  game  with  the  Chicago  Nationals,  pulled  the  ‘bone*  play  which  lost  his  team 
the  pennant  and,  probably,  the  world’s  championship.  For  years  he  was  ridiculed  and  abused  for 
the  mistake,  but  refused  to  lose  his  nerve,  and  finally  lived  it  down  and  became  a genuine  star. 
Last  season  he  played  127  games  at  first  with  a fine  fielding  average  of  986.  The  Cub  management 
paid  $13,000  to  the  Dodgers  for  Merkle’s  contract. 


MERKLE 


BURNS 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  * CNDtBWOOp 

BOSTON  MARATHON  WON 
BY  VETERAN  RUNNER 
Recently  William  1.  Kennedy,  gray- 
haired  but  sturdy,  stone  mason  by 
profession  and  athlete  for  recreation, 
put  aside  his  working  clothes,  and 
journeying  from  his  present  place  of 
employment  at  Pawtucket,  R 1„  to 
Boston,  entered  as  a member  of  the 
Morningside  A.  C.,  ol  New  York, 
for  the  annual  twenty-five  mile 
marathon  road  race  from  Ashland 
to  Boston.  And  he  won  from  a field 
of  fifty  younger  men  in  2 h 28  m. 
37  l/5s.,  beating  many  celebrities 


YOUTHFUL  SWIMMING 
PRODIGY  SOON  MAY  BE 
NATIONAL  CHAMPION 
Miss  Gertrude  Artell,  a fourteen 
year-old  swimming  prodigy  cf 
Philadelphia,  created  a sensation 
recently  when  she  lowered  the  na- 
tional figure  for  sixty  yards,  doing 
the  distance  in  36.2  s.  Previously 
the  record  was  36.5  s.  Shortly 
after,  she  gave  Miss  Olga  Dorfner 
a hard  battle  for  the  100  yds. 
Middle  Atlantic  championship,  fin- 
ishing second  in  lm.  12  4/5  s Experts 
believe  she  is  the  coming  national 
woman  swimming  champion. 


RECORDS  FALL  AT  PENN  MEET 

As  anticipated,  the  twenty-third  annual  athletic  carnival  at 
Franklin  Field,  Philadelphia,  saw  several  new  records  hung 
up  and  was  the  greatest  track  event  of  the  still  young  year. 
One  of  the  most  sensational  performances  was  staged  by 
Charles  Larson,  of  Brigham  Young  University,  whose  running 
high  jump  of  6 ft.  5 3 8 in.  bettered  the  national  intercolle- 
giate record  of  6 ft.  5 in.  credited  to  Richards,  representing 
Cornell,  two  years  ago.  Larson  also  attempted  to  displace 
Beeson’s  world  record  of  6 ft.  7 5 16  in.,  and  almost  made  it. 


COPY  HIGH  f UNDERWOOD  & UNDERWOOD 

KELLY  SHATTERS  300  YARDS 
RECORD 

Andrew  B.  Kelly,  of  Holy  Cross  College, 
at  the  recent  national  indoor  champion- 
ships, clipped  four-fifths  of  a second  from 
the  old  mark  of  35  1 /5s.  for  the  300  yds. 
run.  Kelly  had  keen  competition  from 
Landers,  Lennon  and  Moore,  every  one  of 
them  a star.  Later,  in  the  century 
special,  a 100  yds.  dash,  he  defeated 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONA!  FILM 

BERRY  AN  ALL-ROUND  STAR 
J.  Howard  Berry,  the  versatile  University 
of  Pennsylvania  athlete,  established  a pre 
cedent  at  the  Penn  meet  when,  for  the 
third  successive  year,  he  won  the  pentath- 
lon. He  captured  first  in  the  1,500-metre 
race  in  4.45;  the  javelin  throw  with  157 
ft.  2 in.,  the  broad  jump  with  20  ft.  7 3/4 
inches  and  the  200 -metre  race  in  22  275a 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONAL  FILM 


PENN  FRESHMAN  RELAY  TEAM  MAKES  A NEW  RECORD 


Howard  P.  Drew,  for  years  national 
sprinting  champion.  Two  heats  were  neces- 
sary. In  the  first  they  came  to  the  tape 
pace  for  pace.  In  the  other  Kelly  won  by 
less  than  a foot.  Time  of  both  heats  10  l/5s. 


The  University  of  Pennsylvania  freshman  relay  team  set  a new  record  at  the  meet  in  the  one 
mile  championship  race  when  it  covered  the  distance  in  3 m.  22  s.  This  was  3 4/5s.  better 
than  the  record  set  in  1913  by  the  Penn  freshman  team  when  the  great  Ted  Meredith  ran  the 
anchor  leg.  The  record-breaking  team,  from  right  to  left,  includes  Davis,  Hough.  Maxam 

and  Ebv.  anchor  man. 


and  was  third  in  the  discus  throw. 


A TRANl 


TK 1 P 


HARDSHIPS  AND  PLEASURES  OF  MACADAM,  MUD,  SAND  AND  WATER 


PHOTOGRAPHS  HY  HAMILTON  M.  LAING 


IOWA’S  CONTRIBUTION 
OF  ROADS 

With  black  walnuts  and  maples  lining 
its  road,  the  monotony  of  the  prairie 
is  pleasantly  varied 


A STOP  IN  TIME 

At  the  bank  of  the  ravine,  from  over  which  the  bridge  has  been  washed 
away  during  some  previous  freshet.  Such  danger  points  are  not 
always  marked,  and  it  behooves  the  motorist  to  exercise  the  utmost 
caution. 


FUEL  IN  PLENTY  WITHIN  EASY  REACH 

The  nights  in  Colorado  are  cool,  and  the  sage  brush  fire  furnishes  a 
welcome  warmth.  The  road,  in  many  instances,  is  scarcely  more  than 
a hardly  discernible  path  through  the  sage  brush. 


FORDING 
AN  IRRIGA- 
TION DITCH 

The  practical  sug- 
gestion is:  “If  shal- 
low, go  easy;  if 
deep,  hit  it  hard.’’ 


STUCK  IN  A SEA  OF  SALT 

An  unexpected  mudspot  in  a salt  plain  near  Great  Salt  Lake,  Utah.  It 
is  only  the  running  gear  of  the  machine  that  prevents  it  from  sinking 
further  into  the  mud. 


A CAMEL  WOULD  BE  AT  HOME  HERE 
Sand  riding  requires  more  skill  than  any  other  form  of  motor- 
cycle operation.  Both  legs  must  be  extended,  ready  for  the  spill 
which  is  almost  sure  to  come.  However,  a less  serious  fall  can 
hardly  be  imagined. 


CALIFORNIA  AT  LAST 

How  good  real  woods  and  blue  lakes 
look  now,  as  we  slip  down  the  western 
slope  into  this  Mecca  of  campers  and 
ether  outdoor  oeople. 


A ROADSIDE 
SHELTER 

A properly  shaped 
canvas  stretched 
between  two  ma- 
chines provided  an 
excellent  tent. 


THE  GOOD  ROADS  OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

A contrast  to  the  deep  sand  and  waterless 
wastes  of  the  arid  desert,  which  is  the  terror 
of  all  travelers  not  journeying  by  the  “plush- 
covered”  route. 


A GLIMPSE  OF  1IOOSIER  QUIET 

When  the  streams  stay  within  their  bounds,  the  dirt  roads  are 
uniformly  good — but  the  banks  are  low,  and  sometimes  the 
streams  are  high. 


COLORADO  BRINGS  THE  REAL  CLIMBING 

"But  when  the  rider  reaches  the  top,  a fairy-land  of  beauty 
awaits  him;  the  sky  is  a void  of  intense  blue,  and  the  air  racy 
and  sharp  with  the  tang  of  spruce  and  pine.” 


“ ZOWIET  ' ’ SHE’LL  MAKE  IT 

Full  speed  up  the  banks  of  a dry  irrigation  ditch 
is  the  only  way  to  negotiate  such  a hazard  without 
stalling  the  machine. 


COPT  RIGHT  UNDERWOOD  A UNDERWOOD 

OVERTON  AGAIN  LEADS  IN  CROSS-COUNTRY  RUN 
Although  the  harriers  of  Cornell  University,  in  the  long  New  Haven  run,  again  stamped  themselves  as  the  inter- 
collegiate cross-country  team  champions,  individual  honors  were  retained  by  Yale,  John  W.  Overton  coming  home 
first  in  this  annual  title  event.  The  picture  shows  the  start  of  the  great  hill-and-dale  struggle,  with  Overton  (Y.  201) 
directly  in  center.  His  time  was  35  m.  30  4-5  s.,  nearly  one  minute  faster  than  the  previous  time  for  this  trail. 


AMERICAN  ATHLETES  HOME  PROM  SCANDINAVIA 
WITH  135  PRIZES 

Uncle  Sam’s  athletic  team,  which  contested  with  great  success  in  games  ar- 
ranged by  sport  lovers  of  Norway  and  Sweden.  The  men  competed  in  49  events, 
and  finished  first  in  23,  second  in  15  and  third  in  11.  They  took  135  prizes 
and  were  feted  throughout  their  stay  abroad.  The  team,  left  to  right,  is: 
Andy  Ward,  Bob  Simpson,  Joe  Loomis,  Fred  Murray,  Ted  Meredith. 


SHINING  LIGHTS  OP 
THE  NATIONAL 
PASTIME 

Two  major  league  players 
who  won  niches  in  the  base- 
ball Hall  of  Fame  in  the 
1916  season  were  Arthur 
Wilson  and  Thomas  Grif- 
fith. The  former  caught 
for  the  Pirates  and  Cubs, 
participating  in  73  games,  ^ 

A.  Wilson  and  mai£ing  307  putouts  T • Griffith 

and  80  assists  against  13  errors.  The  feat  which  distinguished  him  from 
all  other  National  League  backstops  was  going  through  28  consecutive 
games  without  an  error  or  a passed  ball.  Griffith  won  his  laurel  wreath 
bv  playing  his  second  complete  season  in  the  Red’s  right  field  a total  of 
315  games  in  one  position.  In  the  season  just  closed  he  took  part  in  155 
games,  making  238  putouts,  28  assists  and  but  9 errors. 


COPYRIGHT  PACH  PHOTO  HEWS 

AFTER  SEVEN  YEARS.  YALE  DEFEATS  HARVARD 
Before  the  greatest  crowd  which  ever  gathered  to  witness  a sporting  event  in 
an  inclosure  in  the  history  of  athletics  in  this  country,  Yale,  in  1916,  defeated 
Harvard  by  a 6-3  score  in  the  great  Bowl  at  New  Haven.  It  was  a great 
struggle,  worthy  of  the  crowd  which  watched  and  the  modern  gladiators  who 
fought.  Tad  Jones  proved  his  ability  by  making  it  possible  for  Captain  Black 
and  his  men  to  bridge  a gap  of  seven  years  and  beat  an  eleven  from  Cambridge 
for  the  first  time  since  1909,  despite  the  cleverness  of  Percy  D.  Haughton. 
Misplays  by  both  teams  resulted  in  scores.  Robinson  booted  a field  goal  for 
Harvard  in  the  first  period,  and  in  the  second  a fumble  by  Le  Gore,  recovered 
by  Gates,  won  a touchdown. 


miTlMIIIMI 


OUTDOOR  SPORTS 

by  ED  A.  GOEWEY  (the  old  fan) 


■■Hi 


TWENTY-FIRST  MEETING  BETWEEN  ARMY  AND  NAVY  WON  BY  FORMER 


More  than  50,000  soldiers,  sailors  and  civilians  eagerly  witnessed  the  clash  between  the  Army 
and  Navy  at  the  Brush  Stadium,  New  York,  in  which  the  cadets  won  from  the  middies  by  a 15-7 
score.  When  the  conflict  was  but  a few  seconds  old  Elmer  Oliphant,  of  Washington.  Ind., 
clasped  the  leather  at  his  own  10-yard  line,  and,  aided  by  his  team  mates'  splendid  interference 


raced  about  87  yards,  almost  the  length  of  the  field,  to  plant  the  ball  in  the  shadow  of  the  Navy 
goal  posts.  After  a bad  start  the  Annapolis  men  came  back  in  whirlwind  fashion,  but  could 
not  overcome  the  handicap  the  Army  had  raised  against  them.  In  the  center  of  the  picture  are 
the  West  Point  rooters.  Those  for  the  Navy  are  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  field. 


by  JAMES  H.  HAKE,  special  war  photographer  for  Leslie's 


|- . _ -ym 

■ -UPl  'I  ~ r > JkiL 

r : j&mi 

YOU  MIGHT  THINK  THE  ENGLISH  WERE  TIRED  OF  FIGHTING 


But  Mr.  Hare  writes  that  evidently  they  are  not,  for  no  events  were  more 
applauded  than  the  fistic  encounters  in  three  rings.  Sergeant  Curzon,  who 
had  just  received  a Distinguished  Conduct  Medal,  knocked  out  Private 


Hague,  one-time  champion  of  England,  in  the  third,  and  Jack  Goldswaite 
of  the  Surrey  Rifles  defeated  Sergeant-Major  Jack  Meekins,  who  had  come  all 
the  way  from  France.  Stoker  Green  did  up  Sergeant  Fickett  in  six  rounds. 


BANK  HOLIDAY 
CARNIVAL 

More  than  50,000  people  sat 
through  a long  athletic  pro- 
gram at  Stamford  Bridge 
Grounds,  in  London,  and 
enjoyed  the  sports  even 
though  it  rained  at  intervals. 
The  contestants  were  all 
members  of  His  Majesty's 
Service,  and  they  were  not 
novices  either.  Many  famous 
sportsmen  were  given  a few 
days’  leave  from  the  front  to 
compete,  and  the  handicaps 
were  carefully  arranged  by  the 
A.  A.  A.  Board.  The  Canadians 
were  well  represented,  the 
Twenty-ninch  Vancouver  bat- 
talion winning  the  relay"  race, 
while  Private  W.  Patchell  of 
the  Twenty-seventh  was  third 
in  a 100-yard  dash  that  was 
run  in  10  x-5  seconds  over  a 
soggy  track.  Many  convales- 
cent soldiers  were  among  the 
spectators.  The  proceeds 
went  to  the  fund  for  disabled 
soldiers  and  sailors. 


MOPPET I 


JOHN  E.  BRUCE.  THE  “SUN- 
SHINE OF  BASEBALL*  * 
Every  follower  of  the  National 
pastime  is  familiar  with  the  like- 
nesses and  names  of  Messrs.  John 
son,  Tener  and  Herrmann,  but 
only  a comparatively  few  are 
equally  familiar  with  genial  John 
E.  Bruce,  of  Cincinnati,  secretary 
of  the  National  Commission,  who 
for  many  years  has  kept  track  of 
every  incident  in  baseball,  from 
the  distribution  of  the  world's 
series’  profits  to  the  salary  claims 
of  the  bush  league  players.  Mr. 
Bruce  has  been  secretary  since 
the  inception  of  the  commission, 
has  prepared  the  twelve  annual 
reports,  has  actended  every  world’s 
series  game,  helped  to  oversee 
them,  handled  all  of  the  moneys 
and  paid  the  players,  clubs, 
umpires,  etc.  In  addition  he  has 
accounted  for  all  funds  spent  in 
the  various  city  series  played  un- 
der the  commission’s  rules,  and 
maintains  a perfect  card  system 
of  every  player  who  has  entered 
organized  baseball  since  the  com- 
mission was  organized  and  every 
happening  of  the  slightest  mo- 
ment to  the  governing  powers  of 
the  game.  His  has  been  the  all- 
seeing  eye  which  has  noted  every- 
thing, and  he  has  recorded  more 
baseball  history  than  any  other 
man  ever  connected  with  the 
pastime. 


PLANNING  FOR  THE  1916  BASEBALL  WAR 
Here  are  two  really  worth-while  commanders  arranging  the  preliminaries 
for  the  mighty  strife  which  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Uncle  Sam  like 
best.  They  are  Captain  “Til”  Huston,  one  of  the  owners  of  the  New 
York  Yankees,  and  “Smiling  Bill”  Donovan,  manager  of  the  club, 
conferring  at  the  spring  training  camp,  at  Macon,  Ga.  Donovan  has  been 
provided  with  a great  team.  Captain  Huston  is  a celebrated  engineer. 


A DIAMOND  SET  IN 
GOLD  WITHIN  THE 
ARCTIC  CIRCLE 
Here  is  a picture  of  the 
“farthest  north”  baseball 
game  ever  played.  It 
was  staged  100  miles  with- 
in the  Arctic  Circle  in  the 
world’s  most  northerly 
mining  camp,  at  Kayun- 
kuk,  Alaska,  where  space 
for  a diamond  was  cleared 
on  a gold  claim.  Among 
the  spectators  in  the  back- 
ground are  a few  of  the  fair 
sex  shielding  themselves 
from  the  sun’s  rays  under 
umbrellas. 


l.\T*..e>ATlOSAL  ril.M 

ANOTHFR  OF  NEPTUNE’S 
DAUGHTERS 

In  Clga  Dorfner,  who  easily  won  the 
100-yard  swimming  race  at  Phila 
delphia  from  a large  field  in  1 m.  9 3-5  s., 
the  world  of  sport  has  another  mer- 
maid of  remarkable  skill.  Her  time 
was  the  fastest  ever  made  by  a 
woman  in  America.  Incidentally  the 
clever  miss  is  accredited  with  being  one 
of  Uncle  Sam’s  prettiest  athletes. 


A STRICTLY  FAMILY  AFFAItf 


The  Sorlein  brothers’  club,  of  Bode,  Iowa,  probably  the 
most  remarkable  organization  playing  the  national  pas- 
time, should  be  given  a prominent  niche  in  baseball’s 
Hall  of  Fame.  The  team  ks  composed  of  nine  brothers, 
and  so  clever  are  they  at  the  game  that  they  have  de- 


feated all  the  amateur  outfits  in  their  section  of  the  Mid- 
dle West.  The  oldest  player,  thirty-two  years  old,  is 
vice-president  of  a bank,  and  the  youngest,  fifteen,  still 
is  in  school.  Other  brothers  are  employees  of  banks  or 
farmers.  Some  of  the  boys  played  on  college  teams. 


GEORGE  KELLY 
Of  all  the  youngsters  who 
showed  their  best  paces  at  the 
training  camps  in  practice, 
the  tall  Californian  easily 
ranked  as  the  most  brilliant 
star.  A born  ball  player,  if 
there  ever  was  one,  and  a 
nephew  of  Bill  Lange,  the 
famous  old  time  “slugger,” 
he  was  plucked  from  the 
bushes  one  season  for  the 
Giants.  His  fielding  and  speed 
were  above  par,  but,  unfor- 
tunately, he  failed  to  live  up  to 
his  hitting  reputation  and 
was  dubbed  “No  Hit  Kelly.” 
But  the  boy  had  pluck,  re- 
fused to  lose  his  nerve  and, 
as  a result,  became  the  sensa- 
tion of  the  spring  workouts. 


MISS  DETROIT  IS  A SPEEDY  MOTOR  BOAT 

Miss  Detroit,  the  motor  boat  built  for  a syndicate  of  Detroit  enthusiasts,  had  no  difficulty  whatever  in  winniiig  all  three 
races  for  the  Gold  Challenge  Cup  in  New  York  waters.  Miss  Detroit  can  make  57  miles  an  hour,  but  she  did  only 
one  lap  of  five  miles  at  the  rate  of  50  miles.  The  rules  called  for  a novice  driver  and  John  Milot,  who  had  never 
before  handled  a motor  boat,  was  selected  10  minutes  before  the  race  started.  He  is  expert  in  driving  automobiles. 


MIDGET  MASCOT 

There  are  almost  as 
many  mascots  as  there 
are  clubs  playing  the 
great  national  pastime, 
but  probably  the  most 
unusual' of  all  of  this 
army  of  good-luck 
bringers  is  “Little 
Chief  Meyers,’’  who 
gives  h i s services 
to  the  New  York 
Giants  and  the  Yan» 
kees.  “Little  Chief” 
is  a dwarf,  less  than 
three  feet  in  height, 
and  his  name  is  Domi- 
nick Margo.  Eighteen 
years  ago  he  was  bom 
in  Naples,  Italy.  He 
has  been  employed  as  a 
“special  policeman”  in 
many  theaters  in 
New  York. 


YOUTHFUL 

WONDER 

A1  Mamaux,  a 21-year- 
old  youth,  who  in 
1915  for  the  first  time 
was  given  his  regular 
turn  in  the  box  as  a 
big  league  twirler,  was 
the  pitching  sensation 
of  the  season.  He 
ranked  in  the  official 
averages  as  the  best 
tosser  in  the  game  with 
a winning  percentage  of 
.783.  He  was  58  points 
ahead  of  “Alexander 
the  Great”  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Nationals,  gen- 
erally considered  the 
best  pitcher  of  the 
present  time,  and  18 
points  in  advance  of 
“Smoky  Joe”  Wood, 
of  the  Boston  Red 
Sox,  premier  flinger  of 
the  Johnson  organiza- 
tion. 


ANOTHER  "MIRACLE  MAN” 

One  of  the  most  talked  of  men  to-day  in  major 
league  baseball  circles  is  Wilbert  Robinson, 
or  “Uncle  Robbie,”  as  he  is  more  familiarly 
known,  manager  of  the  Superbas.  When 
Robinson  was  appointed  manager  of  the 
Brooklyn  outfit  in  November,  1913,  the  team 
had  finished  a poor  season,  winding  up  in 
sixth  place  in  the  National  League. 


T1IE  OLDEST  BASEBALL  STAR  AND  THE  "OLD  FAN” 

Napoleon  I.ajoie,  the  oldest  baseball  star  still  playing  in  the  majors,  discussing  the  national 
pastime  with  “The  Old  Fan.”  “Nap”  is  one  of  the  most  popular  performers  in  balldom. 
He  was  born  at  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  in  1875.  He  first  played  with  the  Fall  River 
club,  of  the  New  England  League,  from  which  he  went  to  the  Athletics  in  the  late  oo’s. 


RECORD  BASEBALL 
CROWD 

If,  as  some  persons  have 
alleged,  the  European  war 
has  cut  in  somewhat  upon 
the  attendances  at  the 
big  league  ball  games  this 
year,  there  was  nothing  to 
support  their  contention 
at  the  formal  opening  in 
1915,  at  Boston,  of  the 
new  park  that  James  E. 
Gaffney,  owner  of  the 
Braves,  erected  for  his 
club.  At  the  initial  game 
there  were  more  than  47,- 
000  fans  in  the  park,  many 
of  whom  had  to  stand  in 
the  field  throughout  the 
contest.  This  was  the 
record  attendance  at  a 
professional  baseball  game. 


MEEHAN 

PHILADELPHIA  MERMAID  WINS 
NEW  LAURELS 

Miss  Olga  Dorfner,  of  the  Quaker  City,  national 
title  holder  of  the  50-yard  and  100 -yard  swimming 
championships,  who  recently  equaled  the  world’s 
record  of  29  seconds  for  the  50 -yard  dash  at  the 
championship  swimming  meet  of  the  Middle  At- 
lantic Division  of  the  Amateur  Athletic  Union,  held 
St  Philadelphia.  Fannie  Durack,  of  Australia, 
established  the  record  in  1914. 


CRACK  WOMEN  HOWLERS  TO  INVADE  EAST 


Bowlers  of  the  East,  look  to  your  laurels,  for  the  Cleveland,  O., 
Women’s  Bowling  team,  which  has  established  an  enviable 
record  in  the  world  of  “strikes,  poodles  and  spares**  in  the 
Middle  West,  has  challenged  you  to  defend  your  honors.  All 
•f  the  young  women  are  experts.  Each  asserts  that  she  can  roll 


250  with  one  hand  tied  behind  her  back,  and  they  anticipate  that 
they  will  make  a triumphant  conquest  of  both  the  male  and 
female  teams  of  the  Atlantic  Coast.  They  are.  from  left  to  right. 
Miss  Hazel  Barks,  Mrs.  Jessie  Marshall,  Mrs.  G.  Grcnwald, 
Mrs.  Marie  Pearsall  and  Mrs.  Grayce  Garwood. 


MOORDBAO 

AMERICA'S  LEADING  HORSEWOMAN 
Miss  Loula  Long,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  generally  con- 
ceded to  be  the  best  horsewoman  in  America,  is  the 
daughter  of  R.  G.  Long,  a wealthy  lumberman,  and  has 
her  own  private  racing  track,  a duplicate  of  the  noted 
Memphis  course,  at  her  father’s  $1,000,000  stock  farm. 
Miss  Long,  who  is  pictured  riding  Narcy  Garland,  ha3 
won  more  than  500  awards  in  the  twe'.ve  years  she 
has  been  showing  her  horses. 


SO  DIFFERENT 

Here  in  the  North  the  winds  still  blow, 
And  everywhere  is  slush  and  snow; 

Our  thoughts  are  black  and  our  spirits  low 
It  seems  Old  Winter’ll  never  go. 

But  in  old  Dixie,  far  away, 

Fair  Mistress  Spring,  in  glad  array, 
Welcomes  with  warmth  the  players  all 
Preparing  for  the  season’s  call. 

Perhaps  it  was  the  same  last  year. 

Still  Jack  Frost  brings  to  us  no  cheer. 
When  he's  about  all  things  ate  drear — 
Give  us  Onl  Sol.  for  he's  sincere. 

Yes,  in  the  Southland  vs  v.ould  be. 
Joining  the  baseb?1  juo.l  w. 

Watching  our  heroes  run  ant.  ort-nce— 
But,  can  we  go  there?  Not  a cuauce. 

Up  North  the  weary  fans  must  wall. 

And  try  to  dodge  the  rheumatism 
While  care-free  players  in  the  South, 

Study  their  baseball  catechism. 


COLLINS,  BEST  HITTER  AMONG 
SECOND  BASEMEN 
Eddie  Collins,  for  years  one  of  the 
stonewall  infield  defense  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Athletics,  but  more  recently  a 
leading  spirit  with  the  Chicago  White 
Sox,  leads  all  second  basemen  in  hitting 
over  a stretch  of  years  with  a percentage 
of  .340-.  Collins  has  played  in  1,303 
games,  been  at  bat  4,557  times,  made 
905  runs,  1,551  singles,  193  two-base 
hits,  110  three  baggers,  19  home  runs, 
233  sacrifices  and  stolen  455  bases. 


CREW  GIRLS  OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  “E8a 
OF  CALIFORNIA 

Here  are  the  leading  candidates  from  whom  will  be 
selected  the  co-ed  twelve  of  the  University  of  California, 
one  of  the  most  popular  rowing  organizations  on  the 
Pacific  Coast.  These  young  women  recently  forsook  the 
gymnasium  and  the  rowing  machines  for  their  huge 
whaleboat  and  real  spring  practice  on  Lake  Merritt, 
Oakland,  where  the  annual  regatta  will  be  held.  Each 
whaleboat  has  a complement  of  twelve,  plus 
a coach  and  a helmswoman.  The  picture 
shows,  left  to  right,  standing,  Irene  Hurley, 
Ethel  Wall, Mary  Kleineckle,  Gladys  Reston, 
Ella  Deanchie,  Mildred  Crane,  Anna  Doo- 
little, Louise  Beck  and  May  Me  Cleary; 
seated,  Sophie  Dinsdalt,  Elenor  Schlotz, 
Marion  Chandler,  Gertrude  Wallace  and 
Helen  Crane. 


MORE  THAN  100,000  CLEVELAND  FANS  WITNESS  HALL  GAME  • uPYKICHr  1*1*  MILLCtt  BTtfOlVe 

The  final  inter-city  championship  game  between  the  White  Autos  and  the  Omaha  Luxus  team  I Autos  won  the  battle  by  a n-6  score,  and  then  started  on  their  journey  to  the  Far  West,  to 

at  Brookside  Stadium,  Cleveland’s  natural  amphitheatre,  on  October  ioth,  igi$.  The  W'hite  [ play  the  leading  amateur  clubs  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 


PRACTICING  FOR  PERFECTION 

Charles  Barrett,  captain  and  quarterback  of  Cornell's  1915  football  team,  one  of  the  most 
promising  elevens  which  has  represented  the  university  in  years,  kicking  a goal  from  the 
field.  Experts  class  Captain  Barrett  and  Captain  Mahan,  of  Harvard,  as  on  a par.  Both 
use  the  same  style  of  play  and  both  rank  at  the  top  among  the  backs  of  that  year. 


NAVY  FOOTBALL  SQUAD  AT  WORK 

Lieutenant  Ingram,  head  coach,  putting  the  linemen  of  the  first  and  second  teams  through 

their  paces. 


FOOTBALL 

Some  charge,  without  formality, 

Forget  all  partiality, 

The  sport  lacks  rationality— 

And  then — in  all  reality — 

Is  too  full  of  brutality, 

You'll  note  that  great  vitality 

And  features  most  the  punch. 

Is  what  the  game  needs  most. 

But  we  claim  that  stability, 

If  you  prefer  timidity 

And  likewise  durability, 

And  athletic  tepidity, 

Backed  up  with  rare  ability 

To  physical  solidity, 

Is  far  the  better  hunch. 

Oh,  please,  of  it  don’t  boast. 

WHEN  HARVARD  TOOK  VIRGINIA’S  MEASURE 


An  exciting  period  in  the  tierce  struggle  between  the  elevens  representing  Harvard  and  the  I a 9-0  score.  Harvard  had  to  work  hard  to  gain  the  victory.  Virginia  achieved  distinction 

University  of  Virginia,  showing  Captain  Mahan  breaking  through  tackle.  The  Crimson  won  by  | earlier  in  the  season  by  defeating  Yale. 


i 


A WATER  QUEEN  INDEED 
In  Mina  Wylie,  Australia  adds  another 
to  her  long  list  of  title-holding  swim- 
mers. This  water  sprite  neatly  won 
the  100-yards  breaststroke  champion- 
ship of  Australia,  at  Sydney,  from 
many  competitors  in  1.30  4-5.  She 
also  holds  the  women's  world’s  record 
for  that  event  in  1.28  3-8. 


BACK  FROM  THE  BORDER. 
BERRY  PLAYS  SENSATIONAL 
FOOTBALL 

In  one  of  the  most  bitterly  contested 
battles  of  1916’s  big  football  season, 
the  Pennsylvania  University  team 
badly  defeated  the  eleven  represent- 
ing the  Pennsylvania  State  College, 
thereby  reversing  the  result  of  the 
previous  season’s  struggle.  Howard 
Berry,  the  one-time  all-around  inter- 
collegiate champion,  shown  in  the 
picture  carrying  the  ball  through  the 
line,  was  the  hero  of  the  occasion, 
though  but  recently  returned  from 
soldiering  on  the  Mexican  border.  He 
dropped  two  brilliant  goals  from  the 
field,  one  from  the  40-yd.  and  one  from 
the  33-yd.  line,  and  ran  fifty  yards  for 
a touchdown,  thereby  piling  up 
twelve  of  the  fifteen  points  scored  by 
the  victors  against  Penn.  State’s  0. 


CHAMPION  TRAVERS  BOWS  TO  DAN  CUPID 
A romance  of  the  links  terminated  happily  in  the  marriage  of  Jerome  Dunstan  Travers,  four  times 
amateur  golf  champion  and  once  open  champion,  and  Miss  Dorris  Tiffany,  who  met  first  on  the  Powel- 
ton  Club's  course,  at  Newburgh,  N.  Y.  In  the  picture,  from  left  to  right,  are  Miss  Justine  Weston,  the 
maid  of  honor;  Mr.  Travers,  Mrs.  Travers,  and  Gilman  Parris  Tiffany,  brother  of  the  bride,  winner  of  the 
Hudson  River  golf  championship  on  six  occasions. 


rorrmoNT  istr'i  riot  hknvi«  i 

ON  LAST  HOLE  BARNES  WON 
PRO.  GOLF  TITLE 
In  a match  which  was  not  decided 
until  the  very  last  hole  and  the  very 
last  putt,  James  Barnes,  the  White- 
marsh  Valley  Country  Club  profes- 
sional golfer,  won  the  championship 
of  the  Professional  Golfers’  Associa- 
tion on  the  links  of  the  Siwanoy  Golf 
Club,  not  to  overlook  a purse  of  $500 
and  a diamond  medal. 


COPYRIGHT  INT’L  FILM  SERVICE 

WAR  HEROES  BEATEN  ON  THE  GREEN 

Before  the  King  of  Montenegro  and  mauy  French  and  English  generals  and  French  diplomats  at  the  Parc  des 
Princes,  Paris,  in  1916,  an  association  football  team  formed  of  men  of  the  British  Twentieth  corps,  which  won 
signal  honors  in  the  defense  of  Verdun,  was  defeated  by  the  Association  Sportive  Francaise  team  by  a 1-0  score. 
The  picture  shows  the  winning  goal  being  made  when  the  goal  keeper  of  the  Twentieth  corps  failed  to  save  a 

hot  shot. 


mu: 


“BILL” 

He  is  rather  off  in  Latin, 

And  he’s  not  too  strong  in  Greek, 

And  the  higher  mathematics 
Always  leave  him  limp  and  weak. 

His  philosophy  is  faulty. 

Poetry  he'll  not  peruse. 

And  at  times  we  fear  his  language 
Is  the  kind  he  shouldn't  use. 

If  he  has  a favorite  study. 

Not  a prof,  has  found  it  out; 

And  just  why  he  came  to  college 
Is  a thing  they  talk  about. 

But  admitting  that  his  culture 
Would  give  mast  folks  quite  a jar. 
There’s  one  time  when  every  student 
Will  admit  that  Bill's  a star. 

That's  when  clad  in  guards  and  moleskin 
He  goes  tearing  through  the  line. 
Crashing,  crushing,  ducking,  running — 
There  are  few  sights  quite  so  fine. 

Big  and  brawny,  clever,  fearless. 

He  will  plow  through  any  foe. 

That's  why  we  o'erlook  the  many 
Things  which  William  doesn’t  know. 


With  Pollard,  the  whirlwind  halfback,  aided  and  abetted  by  Purdy,  at  quarter,  playing  a b.and  Crimson  failing  utterly  to  offer  an  effective  defense  and  never  getting  sufficiently  near  Brown’s 

of  football  seen  only  at  rare  intervals,  Brown  players  took  the  measure  of  Harvard  by  a 21-0  i goal  even  to  try  for  a score  via  the  field  goal  route.  Pollard  is  shown  making  a fifteen-yard  gain, 

score,  thereby  satisfying  an  ambition  cherished  for  many  years  It  was  a cleancut  victory,  the  | with  the  Harvard  pack  in  full  cry  after  him. 


INTERNATIONAL  FILM  8ERVIC. 


SOUTH  HAS  A 
GREAT  SWIMMER 
Long  - distance  swim- 
ming records  in  and 
about  Charleston,  W. 
Va.,  were  cast  into  the 
shadow  to  rest  when 
J.  P.  Gunther,  at  the 
races  held  at  Lick 
Branch,  swam  thirteen 
and  one-half  miles  in 
fcur  hours  and  eighteen 
minutes.  He  made  the 
distance  without  leav- 
ing the  water,  nour- 
ished only  by  a single 
cup  of  coffee,  which  he 
drank  while  swimming. 


KANSAS  CITY’S 
ONLY"  WOMAN 
TRAPSHOOTER 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  is 
proud  of  Mrs.  D.  B. 
Foster,  because  .she  is 
that  city’s  only  woman 
trapshooter,  and  be- 
cause her  skill  has  won 
her  many  trophies  and 
given  her  a ranking 
equal  to  that  of  some 
of  the  best  male  shots. 
She  qualified  well  up 
among  the  ten  best 
women  trapshooters  at 
the  Grand  American 
Handicap,  at  St.  Louis, 
and  at  the  shoot  of  the 
Social  Target  Club,  at 
Kansas  City,  as  the 
only  woman  entered 
against  twenty -six  men, 
she  made  twenty-four 
out  of  twenty-five  tar- 
gets and  won  the  sec- 
ond prize  cup. 


MISSION  RUGGERS  SCORE  SPLENDID  TRIUMPH 
Playing  such  Rugby  as  seldom  has  been  seen  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the  Santa  Clara  team  easily  achieved  its  ambition 
by  humbling  the  hosts  of  Stanford  by  a distinctly  one-sided  score,  in  this  instance  28-5.  In  the  picture  Curtin,  of  Santa 
Clara,  is  shown  breaking  through  for  the  start  of  one  of  the  rushes  which  featured  the  play  of  the  Missionites. 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  & UNDERWOOD 

THROUGH  AMAZING  COLLAPSE  PRINCETON  TOSSES  GAME  TO  YALE 


Tradition  and  Yale  triumphed  In  the  fierce  clasu  between  the 
Bulldogs  and  Tigers.  Though  at  first  generally  favored,  the  Orange 
and  Black  collapsed  under  fire,  making  mistakes  at  critical  mo 


ments,  while  the  Blue,  after  a poor  start,  more  than  held  her  own. 
Yale  triumphed  10-0.  The  picture  shows  Le  Gore  carrying  the 
ball  through  the  line  after  having  his  kick  blocked. 


WOMAN  CHAMPION  LOSES  AT  THE  NETS 

Mrs.  May  Sutton  Bundy,  always  a favorite 
tennis  player,  and  one-time  title  holder,  finally 
defeated  Miss  Molla  Bjurstedt,  the  unbeaten 
clever  woman’s  single  champion,  6-3,  1-6,  6-2,  at 
Long  Beach,  Cal.,  in  an  exhibition  contest. 


STARTING  FORTH  IN  SEARCH  OF  THE  ELUSIVE  MR.  REYNARD 

The  fall  and  winter  months  find  many  a scarlet-coated  contingent  of  i siasts  of  once  “Merrie  England,”  the  real  home  of  the  fox  hunt. 

American  lovers  of  outdoor  sports,  particularly  in  the  South  and  I The  photograph  shows  the  Watch  Hunt  at  Short  Hills,  N.  J.,  starting 

East,  riding  to  the  hounds  with  the  same  ardor  shown  by  the  enthu-  I out  for  a run  and  eager  for  the  word  “Go.” 


YEPT  IT’S  COME  TO  THIS 

Members  of  the  faculty  of  certain  colleges  have  sug 
gested  that  students  be  forbidden  to  play  baseball  on  the 
ground  that  in  this  sport  their  enthusiasm  causes  them 
to  ape  professionals  in  their  desire  to  win. 

“We’ve  studied  this  question  of  baseball  quite 
some,” 

Quoth  the  self-haloed  pedagogues,  patting  their 
chests, 

“We  feel  it’s  de  trop  in  a college,  by  gum! 

While  checkers  and  croquet  have  met  all  our  tests. 
As  a sport  it’s  too  noisy,  too  active  and  rough — 
Why  at  times  our  dear  boys  talk  real  naughty 
and  gruff. 

Then  their  clothing  they  soil, 

And  their  manners  they  spoil, 

They  tan  and  perspire  while  making  their  runs — 
All  things  ill-befitting  real  gentlemen’s  sons. 
Now  if  we  have  our  way 
There’ll  be  gentler  play, 

And  instead  of  this  craving  for  muscle  and 
brawn, 

Why  we'll  substitute  games  to  be  played  on  the 
lawn. 

“Thank  goodness,  all  boys  are  not  rowdies  like 
these, 

For  we’ve  studied  all  kinds  and  of  course  ought 
to  know; 

Take  those  carefully  manicured  chaps,  if  you 
please, 

Who  appear  once  a year  in  our  musical  show— 
When  they’re  fixed  up  with  powder,  some  wigs 
and  some  paint, 

Why  they  look  like  sweet  damsels,  quite  saucy 
and  quaint. 

And  their  dresses  they  wear 
With  true  feminine  air. 

They’re  pictures  of  beauty,  they're  studies  in 
grace — 

Their  figures  look  stunning  in  satins  and  lace, 
How  much  better  like  these 
To  endeavor  to  please, 

Than  go  shouting  and  rushing  about  in  the  sun — 
There  complexions  are  lost,  naught  but  freckles 
are  won.” 


! "*i 

\ w 


GEORGE  GIBSON 


NEW  WORLD’S  RECORD 

This  is  Charles  Hoyt,  the  Grinnell  College  sprinter,  who  recently  obtained  a niche  in 
the  Hall  of  Fame  when  he  won  the  special  200  yds.  dash  at  the  Drake  Relay  Carnival, 
at  Des  Moines,  in  21  2-5  sec.,  a new  world’s  record  for  a curved  track. 


RUGBY  GAINS  IN  FAVOR  ON  THE  PACIFIC  COAST 


This  splendid  sport,  which  each  year  is  gaining  added  favor  throughout  the  United  States, 
rapidly  drew  a crowd  of  16,000  persons  to  the  playing  field  at  Palo  Alto,  Cal.,  where  the  Stan- 
ford University  team  defeated  that  representing  the  University  of  Santa  Clara  by  a score  of 


30  to  o.  Excellent  sportsmanship  featured  the  contest  from  start  to  finish.  Note  in  the  photo- 
graph the  clever  manner  in  which  the  student  spectators  formed  the  letters  L.  S.  J.  U., 
meaning  Leland  Stanford  Junior  University. 


is;:;: 

*«•*«* 


fes'.ss 


m 


AYE,  TWA8  EVER  THUS 


Shrilly  comes  the  cry  of  ^xtra, 

And  I bend  a listening  ear; 

“Home  team’s  won  again,  hi,  extra!” 
’Tie  the  newsies’  cry  I hear. 

In  elation  then  I hasten. 

From  my  desk  into  the  street; 

1 must  read  the  news  Instanter 
Cries  like  those  to  me  sound  sweet. 
There  it  is  in  glaring  headlines. 


“ Home  team  wins  and  takes  the  lead.” 
Eagerly  I buy  a copy — 

Of  this  victory  I must  read, 

Crash!  What’s  that?  Has  something 
happened? 

Aye,  the  game’s  gone  up  in  smoke. 

For  I slipped  from  off  the  mattress 
Hit  the  floor — and  then  awoke. 


BOBBY  ROTH 


- -r. 


■ FA 


COPYRIGHT  INTERNATIONAL  FIL.u 

JAPANESE  DEFEATS  SINGLES  TITLE 
HOLDER 

One  of  the  greatest  surprises  of  the  tennis 
season,  which  was  very  prolific  in  form  upsets, 
was  the  clever  victory  at  Newport  of  Itchiya 
Kumagae,  the  Japanese  crack,  over  William 
M.  Johnson,  singles  title  holder,  for  the 
Casino  Cup,  by  a score  of  6-1,  9-7,  5-7,  2-6, 
9-7.  It  marked  the  second  time  in  the  history 
of  the  American  game,  a period  of  thirty-six 
years,  that  a foreign  player  took  the  premier 
honor  on  the  Newport  courts.  Kumagae  and 
R.  Norris  Williams,  2nd,  now  stand  on  the 
records  as  defeating  the  national  title  holder. 


SARGENT 

UP  A TREE  FOR  STEALING 
When  a certain  Mr.  Bruin  wandered  out  of 
the  woods  near  Centralia,  Wash.,  one  day,  and 
began  stealing  potatoes  from  a truck  garden, 
he  made  a most  serious  mistake.  A report 
of  his  depredations  reached  the  owner  of  a 
pack  of  hunting  dogs,  and  resulted  in  a chase 
in  which,  as  the  picture  shows,  the  bear  tried 
to  escape  capture  by  climbing  a tree.  He 
failed,  however,  and  his  pelt  now  graces  the 
home  of  the  owner  of  the  pilfered  vegetables. 


THE  BRIGHTER  SIDE  OF  THE  WAR  GAME 
Sports  were  the  feature  of  the  bright  Dominion  Day  celebration  held  at  the  military  hospital, 
Woolwich,  England,  by  convalescent  troopers  of  the  Canadian  regiments,  many  of  whom 
were  wounded  in  the  Ypres  offensive.  The  picture  shows  Canadian  nurses  beating  their 
patients  easily  in  a sprint  race. 


WITH  OUR  BOYS  ACROSS  THE  RIO 
Troopers  of  Brig.  Genl.  John  J.  Pershing’s  expedi- 
tionary forces,  sent  into  Mexico  in  pursuit  of  Villa, 
competed  in  a field  day  of  unusual  events  to  help  pass 
the  period  of  “watchful  waiting.”  The  picture  shows 
the  shoe  race,  in  which  the  entrants  ran  to  a box  into 
which  they  placed  their  shoes.  After  these  had  been 
mixed  by  the  referee,  each  man  tried  to  recover  his 
own,  put  them  on  and  return  to  the  starting  point; 
but  in  the  sorting  every  contestant  was  permitted  to 
throw  any  shoe  not  his  own  as  far  away  as  he  could. 
The  winner  was  the  man  who  first  completed  all  the 
details. 


CENTRAL  NEWS 


'TIS  NOTV  TITE  BTTST 
SEASON  FOR  MR. 
REYNARD 

Among  the  most  popular  and 
picturesque  features  of  the 
outdoor  life  on  Long  Island, 
famous  in  the  world  of 
athletics  for  its  sport  and 
sport  lovers,  fox  hunting 
holds  a high  place.  The 
season  there  was  opened  in 
style  by  the  Meadow  brook 
Club,  and  the  picture  shows 
that  organization’s  unusually 
fine  pack  of  hounds  taking 
up  tbe  scent. 


Ferdinand  Schupp 


John  McGraw 

MC  GR  AAV  A REAL  AVON* 
DER  AVORKER 


LEE  AXAVORTHY.  KING  OF  TROTTING  STALLIONS 
“Two  minutes  flat,”  the  dream  of  every  owner  of  a trotting  horse, 
was  realized  at  last  at  the  Syracuse  Grand  Circuit  Meet.  Lee 
Axworthy,  world’s  champion  trotting  stallion,  made  that  mark.  A 
few  days  later  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  he  lowered  his  own  record  to  1.5914. 


AVALDO,  AVINNER  OF  "OLD  BOYS*' 
TOURNAMENT 

C.  Gilbert  Waldo,  of  Brooklawn,  was  the 
victor  in  1916  in  the  famous  annual 
golf  tournament  at  Apawamis 
for  seniors.  His  total  for  the 
low  gross  was  167.  Mr.  Waldo 
now  rejoices  in  the  honor  and 
title  of  champion  senior  golfer. 


LITTLE  QUEEN  OF  PONY 
EXHIBITORS 

The  proudest  of  all  the  exhibitors  at  the 
annual  Piping  Rock  Club  horse  show,  at 
Locust  Valley,  L.  I.,  was  little  Miss  Con- 
stance de  Sala  Regan,  shown  with  the 
prizes  won  by  her  horses  during  the 
event.  Her  greatest  victory  was  in  the 
class  for  ponies  under  fourteen  hands, 
ridden  by  children  under  fifteen,  in  which 
her  horse  “Joy,”  most  appropriately 
named  in  the  circumstances,  won  first 
prize,  and  another  of  her  ponies,  "Carle- 
ton  Quality,”  received  the  fourth  award. 
Other  ponies  owned  by  the  little  lady 
took  prizes,  as  did  those  entered  by  her 
sister.  Miss  Jean,  and  her  brother, 
Gordon. 


SOMETHING  NEAV  IN  AVATER  SPORTS 


F_etty  Pacific  Coast  mermaids  at  Ocean  Park,  California,  just  before  entering  the  surf  to 
Lolic  with  the  new  inflated  fish  life  preservers,  a novelty  rapidly  winning  favor  among 
the  swimmers  of  the  Pacific  Coast  resorts. 


BEAUTY  AT  THE  PADDLE 

Lasel1  Seminary,  at  Aubumdale,  a few  miles  from  Boston,  boasts  of  one  of  the  most  skilful  canoe  crews  in  the  East. 
The  fair  paddlers  are  shown  preparing  for  the  canoe  races  on  the  Charles  River,  for  which  they  are  favored  candi- 
dates for  high  honors. 


WALKING  ON  THE  HATER  MADE  EASY  M‘DiM 

Despite  statements  to  the  contrary,  something  new  does  make  its  appearance  occasionally.  Here  is 
the  hydro-ski,  a real  novelty,  invented  by  an  ingenious  Italian  It  can  be  used  either  for  hunting  or 
military  purposes,  and  in  this  instance  is  being  utilized  by  a soldier  on  scout  duty. 


CHICAGO  DAILt  MEWS 

A YOUNG 
HERCULES  OF 
THE  MIDDLE 
WEST 

One  of  the  heroes 
of  the  annual  West- 
ern Intercollegiate 
Athletic  Associa- 
tion field  and  track 
meet,  at  Chicago, 
was  Arlie  Mucks, 
of  Wisconsin,  who 
hurled  the  discus 
155  feet  2 inches, 
and  bettered  the 
former  mark  of 
140  feet  2H  inches 
made  by  Johnny 
Garrels,  of  Mich- 
igan in  1905. 


FORD 

SHE  SHOOTS  STRAIGHT 
The  Far  West  is  extremely  proud  of  petite  Mrs. 
Ada  Schilling,  of  Portland  Ore.,  formerly  star  of 
the  Blue  Rock  Club,  of  San  Jose,  Cal.,  and  cham 
pion  woman  trapshooter  of  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Though  weighing  but  ninety-five  pounds  and 
but  four  feet  eleven  inches  in  height,  she 
handles  man’s  size  rifles  almost  as 
tall  as  herself  with  a skill  which 
has  amazed  her  male  rivals, 
whom  she  has  defeated  with 
persistent  regularity.  In 
the  1915  averages  of  the 
Interstate  Association 
for  the  Encouragement 
of  Trapshooting,  she 
was  113th  in  a list  of 
8,707.  breaking  2,116 
out  of  2,443  targets. 
Mrs.  Schilling  is  teach- 
ing her  daughters,  ten 
and  twelve  years  of  age, 
but  almost  as  tall  as 
their  mother,  shooting 
preparedness. 


Harry  Coveleskie  Stanley  Coveleskie 

COVELESKIE  BROTHERS  ARE  BASEBALL  RIVALS 

It  isn’t  often  that  one  finds  two  brothers,  both  pitchers,  making  good  in  the  same 
league,  and  such  a case  was  known  only  once  in  the  last  twenty  years  in  the  big 
show  until  this  year.  However,  in  the  American  League  there  is  Harry  Cov- 
eleskic,  the  veteran  who,  when  with  the  Phillies,  once  pitched  the  Giants  out  ot 
a pennant,  but  who  to-day  is  one  of  the  Tigers’  most  dependable  tossers;  and 
Stanley  Coveleskie,  his  “kid”  brother,  who  is  winning  his  share  of  battles  for 
Lee  Fohl’s  sensational  Cleveland  Indians.  The  first  time  this  season  that  these 
teams  met,  Harry  learned  that  he  had  been  selected  to  twirl  against  Stanley, 
and,  going  to  Manager  Jennings,  refused  to  work  against  his  brother  in  the  latter’s 
first  big-league  engagement.  Stanley  did  well,  striking  out  Ty  Cobb,  but  lost 
in  the  twelfth  inning  by  a 3*1  score. 


A KIDDIE  CUTS  CLEVER  CAPERS 
A feature  of  the  society  horse  show  at  Tuxedo,  N.  Y. 
was  the  showing  made  Dy  tne  children  of  several 
persons  prominent  in  the  smart  sets  of  the  East. 
Little  Marian  Wickes,  pictured  taking  a jump  on 
Buff,  in  the  children’s  jumping  class,  was  quite  the 
pet  of  the  show. 


WHERE  IS  THE  JUNE  OF 
YESTERDAY  ? 

There  was  a time  when  June,  of  all  the  months, 

W as  she  of  whom  the  poets  wrote  and  raved ; 
Scattering  joy,  her  mission  was  to  cheer. 

And  never  was  she  known  to  misbehave. 

Her  smile  was  radiant  and  warm  her  breath. 

Which  caused  the  flowers  to  nestle  at  her  feet; 
Those  w'ere  the  days  when  life  seemed  at  its  best. 
When  fans  were  gay,  and  baseball  was  a treat. 

But  recently  the  season’s  all  awry. 

And  June  takes  on  a chill  and  somber  mien  ; 

No  azure  skies  and  blooms  are  in  her  wake. 

And  scarce  a ray  of  sunshine  e’er  is  seen. 

From  out  the  clouds  a constant  flow'  of  tears 
Dampens  our  joy — aye,  saddens  all  the  earth; 

The  soggy  diamonds,  lonely  sentinels  stand. 
Where  once  were  gathered  all  the  hosts  of  mirtb« 


FAME  AND  DEATH  AT  SHEEPSHEAD 


A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD  MISTRESS 
OF  TI1E  AIR 


THE  MOST  SPECTACULAR  ACCIDENT  EVER  WITNESSED  ON  A SPEEDWAY 
Limberg,  in  Number  6,  while  going  at  104  miles  an  hour,  when  within  two  feet  of  the  rail  at  the  steeply  banked 
north  turn,  struck  the  heavily  railed  fence  with  disastrous  results.  The  car  shot  several  feet  into  the  air,  turned 
over,  and  came  down,  radiator  first,  upon  the  upper  edge  of  the  track.  The  impact  broke  off  the  wheels,  fenders, 
motor  bonnet  and  body,  and  the  stripped  chassis  then  rolled  down  the  embankment,  where  it  immediately  burst 
into  flame.  Limberg  and  his  mechanic  were  hurled  over  the  retaining  wall  and  instantly  killed.  This  photo- 
graph was  taken  soon  after  the  hand  fire-extinguishers  were  put  to  work  and  after  the  police  forced  the  crowds 
back.  The  contestants  following  were  forced  to  drive  through  the  dense  smoke,  but  fortunately  no  other  accident 
occurred.  The  broken  portion  of  the  rail  which  was  struck  by  the  unlucky  car  is  shown  at  the  right-hand  edge 

of  the  smoke. 


READY  FOR  HER 
FLIGHT 

Miss  Katherine  Stinson  of 
San  Antonio,  Texas,  gave  a 
marvelous  exhibition  of  fly- 
ing. Miss  Stinson  constructed 
her  own  plane  and  employs 
in  it  the  same  motor  as 
that  used  by  Lincoln  Beechy 
when  he  met  his  death 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  Si  U DERM  COD 

JUST  BEFORE  LIMBERG’S  ACCIDENT 
At  the  Sheepshead  Bay  (N.  Y.)  Speedtrack.in  May,  1916,  this  close  formation  was 
held,  with  the  ill-fated  Limberg  in  the  lead.  Rickenbacher,  in  Number  11,  won  the 
race  by  maintaining  a consistent  speed  and  by  freedom  from  tire  trouble.  Mulford, 
in  Number  9,  who  had  won  the  previous  race  of  the  afternoon,  was  forced  to  with- 
draw after  maintaining  second  and  third  places  for  several  laps. 


START  OF  MISS  STINSON’S  SENSATIONAL  FLIGHT 


Miss  Stinson  controls  her  machine  with  an  ease  and  accuracy  that 
is  wonderful.  After  ascending  a thousand  feet  into  the  air,  she 
can  turn,  drop  suddenly  with  motor  shut  off,  and  then  by  turning 


a complete  circle,  at  one  portion  of  which  she  flies  up-side-down, 
she  loops-the-loop.  She  drove  her  machine  with  the  landing 
wheels  within  six  inches  of  the  ground  for  several  hundred  feet. 


Although  slender  and  frail-appearing.  M:cs 
Stinson  possesses  nerve  and  endurance.  She  was 
selected  by  the  anadian  Government  to  train 
many  of  the  Canadian  aviators  at  her  school. 


PIONEERS  WHO  CLEARED 
In  Llano  County,  Tex.,  are  12  men  who  were  among  the 
pioneers  of  that  section,  and  took  part  in  many  desperate 
fights  with  Indians.  Recently  C.  E.  Shults,  a banker  of 
Llano,  got  the  twelve  together  and  they  were  photographed. 


THE  TEXAS  FRONTIER 

They  are,  left  to  right,  standing:  George  T.  Walker,  J.  T. 
Simpson,  J.  R.  Moss,  H.  A.  Coggins,  M.  B.  Clendenin;  seated: 
T.  C.  Masters,  J.  C.  Leverett,  Gabe  Shoat,  C.  E.  Shults, 
Riley  Gregg,  L.  Sullivan,  Carter  Miller,  John  Loogbottom. 


PaI'L  TH0MP80B 

GIVEN  A DIFFICULT 
POSITION 

The  President  has  appointed 
Abram  I.  Elkus  of  New  York 
City  to  be  Ambassador  to 
Turkey,  to  succeed  Henry 
Morganthau,  who  resigned  to 
take  part  in  the  campaign  for 
Mr.  Wilson’s  reelection.  Mr. 
Elkus,  who  is  a Jew,  is  a leader 
of  the  New  York  bar.  He  has 
held  many  positions  of  public 
trust.  The  position  to  which 
he  has  been  appointed  is  a 
difficult  one,  the  many  prob- 
lems of  the  war  having  greatly 
complicated  the  affairs  of  an 
embassy  that  was  always  full 
of  trouble. 


THEY  SAVED  THE  4 ‘HECTOR’S*  * CREW 
Captain  Torveld  Nelsen  of  the  tug  Wellington 
and  his  two  daughters,  Miss  Annie  (to  the  left) 
and  Miss  Johanna.  The  Wellington  took  off 
121  members  of  the  crew  of  the  U.  S.  collier 
Hector  when  that  craft  went  aground  off  Cape 
Romain,  near  Charleston,  in  a terrific  storm.  The 
rescue  was  attended  with  great  difficulties  and 
some  of  the  men  were  hurt.  The  Misses  Nelsen 
were  on  the  tug  and  worked  all  night  caring  for 
the  injured.  After  an  experience  more  thrilling 
than  usually  falls  to  the  lot  of  seafaring  ladies 
they  reached  Charleston  in  safety.  The  Nelsen 
family  lives  in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 


SOCIETY  WOMEN  READY  TO 
GO  TO  WAR 

Lake  Forest,  the  fashionable  Chicago 
suburb,  held  a country  fair  for  charity 
in  1916  — the  17th  annual  event  of 
ics  kind — in  which  all  the  prom- 
inent people  took  part.  Among  the 
attractions  was  a Red  Cross  booth 
which  was  in  charge  of  society  women 
who  had  volunteered  for  service  in 
case  of  war  and  who  had  taken  train- 
ing. This  group  of  five  includes,  front 
row,  left  to  right:  Mrs.  Robert  Hotz 
(in  chair),  Miss  Lolita  Armour,  Miss 
Helen  Farwell;  standing,  in  rear:  Miss 
Emma  Carry,  Mrs.  Philip  Doane. 


HANDLES  THE  PRESIDENTIAL  SPECIAL 
W.  A.  Kizziah,  of  Spencer,  N.  C.,  has  been  a railroad 
engineer  for  32  years  and  has  a perfect  record.  He  has 
for  more  than  10  years  been  at  the  throttle  of  the  New 
York  and  New  Orleans  Limited.  When 
the  President  of  the  United  States 
passes  over  the  road  on  which  he  is 
employed,  Engineer  Kizziah  is  always 
selected  to  handle  the  presidential 
train. 


“BICYCLE  BISHOP”  OF  DAKOTA 


Rev.  W.  B.  Cowgill,  a Presbyterian  minister,  has  a 
circuit  in  McKenzie  County,  N.  D.,  that  requires  much 
traveling  and  during  the  four  years  of  his  pastorate 
ne  has  made  more  than  15,000  miles  on  his  bicycle — - 
hence  the  name  by  which  he  is  generally  known.  He 
can  preach  in  English,  German  and  Norwegian  and 
has  congregations  of  all  three  nationalities. 


NEW  WAY  TO  CROSS 
NIAGARA 

An  aerial  cable  car  has  been 
installed  across  the  whirlpool 
rap'ds  below  Niagara  Falls, 
and  a regular  passenger  service 
is  now  being  maintained. 
The  appearance  of  the  car  is 
well  shown  in  the  photograph. 


B»l»  NEWS  SERVICE 

LAND  LUBBERS  GO  TO 
SEA 

In  pursuance  of  the  volunteer 
idea  of  preparedness  a month’s 
training  for  landsmen  who 
would  want  to  serve  their 
country  on  the  sea  in  case  of 
war,  was  authorized  by  the 
Navy  Department.  It  is  an 
adaptation  of  the  now  famous 
Plattsburg  idea  tc  naval  condi- 
tions. More  than  2,000  young 
men  undertook  the  training. 
Nine  battleships  were  author- 
ized to  receive  them  on  board, 
of  which  three  sailed  from 
New  York  in  August,  1916. 
Among  the  “rookies”  were 
Junius  Spencer  Morgan,  Oliver 
Iselin,  W.  O’D.  Iselin  and 
William  G.  McAdoo,  Jr. 


NEBRASKA'S  GREAT  TRACTOR  SHOW 
Fifty  thousand  people  gathered  in  one  day  to  see 
the  farm  tractors  exhibited  at  the  annual  tractor 
show  near  Omaha,  Nebraska.  More  than  6,000 
automobiles  were  parked  on  the  grounds.  Our 
picture  shows  an  interested 
crowd  examining  the  Henry 
Ford  fit  Son  tractor  which, 
though  tiot  yet  perfected,  at- 
tracted more  attention  than 
all  the  others.  Which  shows 
the  power  of  advertising. 


C* >I‘K KliillT  UNDfchMOoD  it  U.HDERMuitO 

MR.  HUGHES  PLEASED  WITH  BUTTE 
On  bis  trans  continental  speaking  tour  Charles  E.  Hughes  stopped  at  Butte,  Mont.,  long 
enough  to  visit  a copper  mine  2,800  feet  below  the  earth’s  surface.  In  his  address  at  Butte 
he  said,  among  other  things:  “Because  of  Columbus  we  have  a punitive  expedition  to  catch 
Villa  and  to  punish  him.  Called  ‘punitive,’  it  did  not  punish  anybody  but  ourselves.  It 
did  not  secure  any  reparation.  The  expedition  went  as  far  as  the  Mexicans  thought  proper 
to  have  it  go  and  then  walked  back.” 


STRANGE  WRECK  OF  A DOUBLE-HEADER  TRAIN 
A double-header  passenger  train  ran  into  an  open  switch  at  Borus,  Mont.,  while  making 
over  50  miles  an  hour,  and  was  wrecked.  Engineer  Baker,  of  the  first  locomotive,  was 
killed  and  the  two  locomotives  were  completely  demolished.  Our  photograph  show3  one 
of  them.  The  other  was  thrown  down  the  embankment.  The  baggage  car  ot  the  train 
was  thrust  up  over  the  boiler  of  one  locomotive.  Several  of  the  coaches  remained  on  the  track 
and  were  picked  up  by  a relief  engine  and  drawn  away  without  the  help  of  a wrecking  crew. 


C f / dt'u  ^u  < -^r  / 

/ (i H t-^/f 


Copyright,  1918,  by  Leslie’s, 


Drawn  Jot  Leslie’s  at  the  Front  by  C.  LEROY  BALDRIDGE 


The  routine  at  Camp  Hancock 
near  Augusta,  Ga.,  is  much  harder 
work  for  the  men  than  for  the 
horses.  The  horses  have  as  a 
rule,  only  a two-hour  drill  in  the 
morning,  and  in  the  afternoon 
they  can  go  it  loose  in  the  corral 
until  about  four,  when  they  are 
led  into  the  stables  and  fed. 


A soldier  has  to  understand  his  horse  as  he  would  a person, 
especially  in  wartime  when  much  strain  is  put  upon  the 
horse.  Though  a soldier  can  fight  for  hours  without  food, 
• a horse  must  have  time  to  eat  oats  and  hay. 

In  open  fighting  the  cavalry  is  used  in  battle  to  break  a line 
and  turn  the  enemy’s  retreat  into  rout,  or  to  go  ahead  of  the 
main  army  and  keep  the  enemy  at  a distance. 


Boots  and  Saddles 
at  Camp  Hancock 

Photographs  bp  JAMES  H.  HARE 

Staff  War  Photographer 


Horses  have  to  be  trained  in  these  camps  to  meet  every  sort 
of  emergency.  They  must  be  accustomed  to  strange 
noises,  to  music  and  the  sound  of  guns,  to  masses  of  men, 
dark  nights  and  silence  — one  of  the  hardest  lessons. 


Notice  the  man  in  the  cloud  of  dust  crouched  under  the  horse’s 
hoof  with  a slight  chance  that  it  won’t  kick  him.  But  this 
training  produces  a most  valuable  branch  of  the  service.  In 
Mexico  last  year,  one  cavalry  troop  marched  17  hours  over  55 
miles  and  captured  a force  of  Valla’s  bandits. 


It  was  estimated  early  in  the  war  that  about  one-quarter  of  the  entire  number  of  horses  engaged  in  a campaign 
would  have  to  be  replaced  every  three  months,  and  at  this  rate  at  the  end  of  the  war  Russia  will  alone  be 
supplied  with  them,  llut  hospitals  take  such  good  care  of  them  now,  that  they  have  been  returned  to  the  front 
for  use  after  having  had  ten  bullets  in  them. 


LAUGHING  AROUND 

with  HOMEK  CHOY 


THE  WORLD 


CURIOUS  THINGS  ABOUT  CHINESE  CLOTHES  AND  CUSTOMS 


E 


IVEN  though  1 came  to  China  knowing  that  they  did 
things  backward,  there  are  some  customs  here  that 
I just  can’t  get  used  to.  One  is  seeing  women 
wearing  trousers.  There  are  more  women  wearing  trousers 
in  China  than  there  are  people  in  the  United  States — men, 
women  and  children.  I suppose  that  there  is  no  reason 
why  things  shouldn’t  be  thus,  but  it  will  always  seem  to 
me  that  the  pants  are  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  house. 

The  women  look  like  clothes-pins.  Their  bodies  are 
the  same  size  all  the  way  down  and  their  feet  are  so  tiny 
that  they  go  bobbing  along  for  all  the  world  like  jointed 
clothes-pins.  The  women  shave  their  foreheads,  with  the 
timber  line  almost  at  the  top  of  their  heads,  so  that  the 
little  patch  of  face  below  looks  as  if  it  were  trembling  under 
threat  of  an  impending  snowslide.  Their  hair  is  pulled 
and  keyed  back  as  though  for  musical  purposes.  At 
the  back  of  the  head  a Chinese  woman  wears  a cushion  of 
false  hair,  so  dressed  as  to  show  her  rank,  so  that  a person 
skilled  in  the  language  of  the  hair  can  read  her  history, 
can  tell  her  present  plans  and  her  future  ambitions.  A 
person  up  on  hair  can  tell  at  a glance  whether  or  not  she 
is  married,  if  so  how  many  children  she  has,  and  if  a widow 
if  she  is  willing  to  open  correspondence  with  a desirable 
party  of  about  forty-five,  object  matrimony. 

In  this  cushion  a Chinese  woman  carries  her  head 
scratcher.  Her  hair  dressing  is  a preparation  made  of 
slippery  elm.  The  person  needing  it  can  run  out  to  the 
corner  and  wait  until  the  carpenter  takes  a plane  and 
shaves  off  a few  curls.  This  the 
Chinese  lady  steeps  into  a thick, 
gummy  smear,  pours  it  on  her 
head  and  uses  it  to  stiffen  her 
hair.  This  layer  makes  the  top  of 
her  head  hot,  so  that  every  odd 
moment  when  she  hasn’t  anything 
else  to  do  she  gets  down  under  the 
mess  and  lets  in  some  air  with  a 
darning  needle.  Her  favorite  time 
for  doing  this  is  at  the  theatre: 
when  the  performance  begins  to 
drag,  she  gets  out  her  darning 
needle  and  improves  the  shining 
hour  by  making  a rift  in  the  roof 
as  she  looks  around  over  the  audi- 
ence, lightly  gossiping  about  who 
are  there,  what  they  are  wearing 
and  how  awful  they  look. 

THE  SKIRTED  MEN 

Naturally,  then,  as  might  be 
expected,  the  men  wear  skirts. 

Their  skirts  are  in  a garment  that 
reaches  from  their  shoulders  to  their 
shins  and  looks  like  a nightgown 
worn  by  a Cape  Cod  deacon.  It 
has  a tasty  slit  up  each  side,  so 
that  on  muddy  crossings  the  twinkle 
of  masculine  ankles  may  be  seen. 

When  they  want  to  catch  a car 
they  have  to  gather  up  their 
skirts  in  the  good  old- 
fashioned  feminine  way.  Un- 
der their  skirts  they  wear  a 
pai  r of  drawers,  fastened  at  the 
ankles  with  a bandage,  with 
the  ends  tucked  in.  When 
a Chinaman  has  an  impor- 
ta  it  letter  or  note  to  carry 
he  unties  the  leg  of  his  draw- 
ers. stuffs  it  in  and  puts  the 
bandage  back.  The  bandage 
works  loose  so  that  when  he 
reaches  his  destination  the 
note  is  usually  gone. 

The  only  pockets  a China- 
man has  are  in  his  shirt 
waist,  which  he  wears  under 
his  skirt,  so  that  when  he 
wants  to  get  a coin  he  has  to 
unbutton  one  side  and  slip 
in  a hand.  Even  though 
a Chinaman  wears  skirts  he 
has  not  yet  learned  about  thr 
“First  National  Bank.” 

The  Chinese  are  a great 
nation  to  think  of  the  handy 
little  things — things  that  no 
''ther  people  in  the  world 


could  possibly  think  of.  You  can  run  out 
onto  the  street  almost  any  time  and 
buy  an  ear  tickler.  Men  make 
a living  going  around  selling 
them.  An  ear  tickler  is  a little 
puff  of  cotton  on  the  end  of  a 
stick  and  is  meant  to  com- 
bine both  business  and 
pleasure— the  business  of 
cleaning  the  ear  and  the 
pleasure  of  the  tickling 
sensation. 

His  is  not  an  easy  life,  for 
the  peddler  has  to  be  con- 
stantly on  the  watch  against 
tricky  people  who  come  up, 
sample  his  ticklers,  give  their 
ears  a couple  of  good  tingles, 
tell  the  man  that  they  don’t 
like  his  brand  of  tickler  and  go  on 
their  way.  His  ingenuity  has  de- 
veloped a way  of  polishing  up  the  tick 
ler  so  that  the  next  possible  purchaser 
may  not  know  that  the  tickler 
has  been  weighed  and  found 
wanting,  by  carrying  along  a 

little  bowl  of  white  powder.  employment  to  many  men.  This  outfit  can  make  two  boards 
After  a tickler  has  been  every  three  days. 


A CHINESE  SAWMILL 

The  lumber  industry  in  China  is  not  flourishing  but  it  gives 


WILD  EXCITEMENT  IN  CANTON 

Watching  a street  procession  is  about  the  most  exciting  thing  that  a Chinaman  can  imagine.  Pro 
cessions  are  framed  up  on  every  possible  occasion  and  sometimes  they  are  many  blocks  long. 


sampled  and  declined  he  dabs  the  end 
into  the  bowl  and  it  is  bright  and 
fresh  looking  as  if  it  were  new.  If  you 
went  to  buy  one  you  couldn’t  tell  for  the 
life  of  you  but  that  it  was  a new  one 
— until  you  had  used  it  a time  or  twro. 

PRIDE  OF  POLITENESS 

A Chinaman  prides  himself  on  his 
politeness  more  than  on  anything 
else.  So  when  he  meets  you  he  shakes 
his  own  hand.  When  he  goes  to 
leave  you  he  folds  his  hands  across  his 
breast  and  makes  three  bows.  Some 
places  in  China  it  is  considered  polite, 
when  you  are  invited  to  a friend’s 
house,  to  throw  the  chicken  bones  on 
the  floor.  As  you  are  having  dinner 
and  chatting  about  the  rice  crop  it  is 
proper  form,  when  you  get  through  with 
a drumstick,  to  toss  it  on  the  floor  and 
to  go  on  with  the  conversation.  The  host 
takes  this  as  a compliment,  for  it  show's 
that  you  know  that  he  has  servants 
enough  to  clean  the  things  off  the  floor. 
If  you  put  the  bones  on  the  plate  it  re- 
flects on  the  number  of  servants  that 
he  can  afford  to  keep. 

China  keeps  a person  gasping.  One 


THE  BARBER  COMES  TO  YOU 

China  is  innocent  of  barber  shops  though 
it  has  plenty  of  barbers.  They  ,'go  about  the 
streets  looking  for  customers , and  ■will  shave  one 
anywhere. 


can  hardly  turn  around  without  coming 
across  something  that  he  can’t 
believe,  even  when  he  is  looking  at 
it.  You  can’t  be  in  the  land  of  the 
dragon  very  long  without  be- 
ing impressed  by  the  fact  that 
the  Chinese  can  sleep  any 
time  and  any'  place.  They 
haven’t  any  nerves;  the 
more  noise  the  better. 
They  can  lie  dowrn  any 
place — absolutely — and  go 
to  sleep.  As  narrow'  as  the 
streets  are — as  true  as  I’m 
here,  two  people  can’t  walk 
down  them  arm  in  arm — a 
merchant  will  lie  down  in  the 
doorway,  with  one  foot  in 
the  traffic  and  drift  off  on  a 
billowy  cloud  of  happiness  w'hile 
his  wife  keeps  shop. 

One  day  in  walking  along  a country 
from  one  village  to  another,  I sawr 
a water  buffalo  taking  his  wray 
across  a field  with  some  queer 
load  on  its  back.  I knew'  that 
the  buffalo  was  returning  from 
its  work  of  dragging  a wooden 
plow'  with  one  handle  through  the 
rice  field  all  day,  but  w hy  it  should 
have  such  a queer-looking  load  on  its 
back  was  more  than  I could  under- 
stand. The  load  looked  as  if  it 
might  be  a quilt  rolled  up  and  tied 
on,  but  when  I got  up  close  I was 
astonished  to  find  that  it  was  a man 
asleep.  Returning  from  work,  he 
was  taking  a nap  so  that  w'hen  he 
reached  home  he  w'ould  be  refresh- 
ened and  of  sweet  temper.  In  China 
the  tired  business  man,  returning 
cross  and  snappy,  is  unheard  of — 
unless  his  buffalo  shies. 

THE  CHINESE  FACE 

Whether  he  is  a tired  business 
man  or  a member  of  the  President’s 
imperial  council,  there  is  one  thing 
that  causes  a Chinaman  more 
trouble,  in  sickness  and  in  health, 
in  poverty  and  in  wealth,  than  all 
the  rest  of  his  possessions  together. 
And  that  is  his  face!  In  China 
a man’s  “face”  isn’t  that  part  of 
him  that  we  usually  think  of  as  be- 
ing one’s  fate  or  his  fortune;  it  isn’t 
anything  that  you  can  put  your  hands  on. 
It’s  what  the  world  thinks  of  him,  or  what 
he  can  deceive  the  w'orld  into  believing. 
In  America  we  haven’t  anything  like  the  Chinese  face;  the 
nearest  approach  to  it  that  we  have  is  a front.  We  try' 
to  present  a front,  but  a Chinese  looks  after  his  face.  How- 
ever, his  face  demands  lots  more  of  attention  than  our 
front.  He  has  it  always  before  him. 

If  you  leave  a dollar  on  your  dressing  table,  your  room 
boy  wouldn’t  steal  it  for  anything;  he  would  lose  face  if 
he  did,  but  when  your  back  is  turned  he  will  exchange  it 
for  a counterfeit.  He  can  do  this  and  still  keep  his  face. 
If  you  miss  something  about  your  room  and  know  posi- 
tively that  your  boy  stole  it  and  accuse  him,  he  w'ill  deny 
it  as  long  as  he  has  breath.  Under  a slow'  fire  and  salt  he 
would  still  deny  that  he  had  taken  it;  to  admit  that  he 
had  stolen  your  knife  w'ould  be  to  lose  face.  But  after 
accusing  him,  if  you  will  let  it  go  for  a day'  or  two,  the  knife 
will  mysteriously  return,  or  you  will  find  it  under  a hand- 
kerchief on  your  dresser.  You  know  that  he  has  returned 
it  and  he  knows  that  you  know,  but  his  face  has  been  saved 
and  as  a result  he  is  light-hearted  and  happy. 

When  you  are  out  shopping  a crowd  packs  around  you 
to  see  what  you  are  buying  and  what  you  are  paying. 
They  are  more  interested  in  that  than  anything:  they'  want 
to  see  how  skilful  a merchant  he  is  by  finding  out  how  much 
he  is  getting  out  of  you.  When  there  is  a crowd  around 
he  sticks  to  his  exorbitant  price  through  thick  and  thin, 
even  when  he  has  no  hope  of  getting  it,  for  if  he  came  down 
before  the  crowd  he  would  lose  face.  After  you  have  gone 
home  he  will  come  around  and  meekly  take  w'hat  you 
offered  him. 


THE  ODD  IDEAS  AND  CUSTOMS  OF  THE  HINDUS 


WASHDAY  IN  THE  OKIENT 

Hindu  laundryman  taking  bundles  of  clothes  to  the 
river  where  he  will  wash  the  garments  by  pounding 
them  over  a stone. 

drawer,  he  would  tell  me  about  a dear  son  that  he  had 
just  lost  and  would  I please  give  him  something  extra. 
A few  annas  served  wonderfully  to  bring  him  out  of  sor- 
row. The  oftener  I gave,  the  oftener  tragedy  came  into 
his  family  until  pretty  soon  he  was  losing  a son  a day. 
Just  as  sure  as  he  did  any  little  thing  for  me  he  was 
sure  to  tell  me  of  some  unexpected  grief  that  had  befallen 
him  and  ask  me  if  I couldn’t  help  him  bear  it.  Every 
time  he  held  a shirt  for  me  he  told  me  about  a son  that  had 
been  suddenly  stricken  and  would  I please  be  so  kind  as 
to  give  him  an  extra  rupee,  and  every  time  he  shook  out 
a sock  for  me  I knew  that  a daughter  had  gone  to  her 
reward.  Day  after  day  his  family  held  out;  always  just 


THE  BOLD  HUNTSMEN  OF  INDIA 

Starling  out  on  a leopard  hunt  and  ,aking  along  a lame 
“ cheetah ” to  decoy  the  game.  This  sport  is  sometimes  at- 
tended with  exciting  incidents. 

• 

saw  a way  out.  “Yes,”  I agreed  enthusiastically,  and 
then  I wrote  for  him: 

The  bearer  of  this  note  with  the  unpronounceable  name  has  been 
in  my  employ  for  two  weeks.  During  this  time  I have  aged  percep- 
tibly. He  is  a servant  of  caste,  but  he  never  lets  work  interfere  with 
his  caste.  When  he  came  to  me  he  was  a man  of  family,  but  at  the 
rate  which  his  family  has  been  depleted  I doubt  if  he  has  left  more 
than  enough  children  to  last  out  a week.  You  will  find  him  especially 
good  at  getting  your  shirt  studs  in  backward  and  at  pulling  off  the 
tips  of  your  shoe  strings. 

Thumb,  who  made  pretense  of  being  an  English  scholar, 
read  the  recommendation  carefully;  but  his  mastery  of 
words  was  such  that  he  could  not  quite  follow  the  meaning. 

“Thank  you,  sahib,  thank  you,”  he  said,  too  proud  to 
admit  that  it  w'as  not  clear  to  him.  “It  will  be  of  great 
help  to  me.” 

“And  to  the  other  fellow,  too,”  I said  as  he  salaamed, 
and  passed  out  of  my  life. 

HINDU  MUSIC 

I had  thought  China  wras  a queer  place  and  that  the 
Chinese  had  queer  customs,  but  China  can’t  entertain  on 
the  same  afternoon  with  India.  If  some  one  had  told  me 
about  their  manners  and  customs  before  I got  to  India, 
I w'ould  have  laughed  courteously  and  set  him  dow-n  in 
my  little  book.  There  are  some  things  that  a Hindu  will 
do  and  some  that  he  will  not  do;  work  is  placed  prom- 
inently on  the  latter  list.  One  thing  that  a Hindu  will 
not  do  is  to  play  on  a flute.  He  would  rather  go  to  the 
flogging  post  than  dash  off  a selection  on  a flute.  But  he 
will  play  a stringed  instrument,  called  a vina,  similar  to 
the  instrument  played  by  Saul  in  the  tent  of  David.  This 
instrument  looks  as  if  it  had  originally  been  intended  for 
a carpet  stretcher,  but  had  fallen  into  the  hands  of  a 
musically  inclined  person  who  had  borrowed  a couple  of 


CURIOSITIES  OF  ETIQUETTE 

You  can  never  tell  what  is  manners  and  what  isn’t  in 
India.  When  a woman  wants  to  be  very  polite  to  a man 
she  turns  her  back  on  him;  it  flatters  any  Hindu  man  to 
have  a pretty  woman  plainly  and  ostentatiously  turn  her 
back  on  him.  Between  husband  and  wife  there  is  a queer 
system  of  etiquette.  Whatever  happens,  a Hindu  wife 
must  never  mention  her  husband  by  name.  When  she 
goes  to  call  on  her  neighbor,  lightly  chatting  the  afternoon 
through,  comparing  notes  on  the  latest  nose-rir.gs  and  the 
best  way  to  stain  the  fingers  with  the  fashionable  henna, 
she  must  r.ever  let  the  conversation  swing  around  so  that 
she  will  have  to  mention  her  husband.  If  she  should  go 
so  far  as  to  forget  herself  and  mention  her  lord  and  master 
to  her  shocked  companion,  her  hostess  would  soon  yawn 
and  explain  that  she  had  to  go  and  put  the  bread  in.  How- 
ever, she  can  talk  about  her  children  all  she  wants  to; 
there  is  nothing  in  the  Hindu  etiquette  book  against  that. 
She  can  tell  w hat  a funny  thing  Jamjiji  said  the  other  night 
at  the  supper  table,  how  much  he  helps  her  around  the 
house  and  delicately  hint  how  much  brighter  he  is  than 
the  other  children  in  the  neighborhood,  but  she  must  never 
under  any  circumstances  mention  his  father. 

Even  stricter  social  rules  govern  the  men.  One  Hindu 
man  must  never  ask  another  Hindu  man  how  his  wife  is 
getting  along.  That  would  brand  the  man  as  not  having 
the  slightest  idea  what  drawing-room  usage  was.  All  the 
men  at  the  club  would  shun  him;  no  one  would  dare  to 
ask  him  to  come  over  to  the  table  and  have  a grape- 
juice  for  fear  right  before  everybody  he  might  ask  how 
his  wrife  was. 

CALLERS  WHO  STAYED  LONG 

When  a Hindu  goes  to  call  it  is  not  good  manners  to  leave 
until  the  host  gets  up  and  tells  him  to  go.  While  calling  on 
some  American  missionary  friends  in  a small  interior  town, 
they  were  telling  me  how  they  came  to  find  this  out  to  their 
sorrowr.  They  had  just  arrived  and  didn’t  know  about  this 
but  lound  out  after  the  blunder  had  been  committed. 


A S soon  as  I got  to  India  I hired  a valet.  It  sounds 
mighty  big — until  you  know-  what  you  have  to 
-A.  J^_  pay  a "boy”  in  India.  A servant  is  called  a “boy” 
even  though  he  has  wrhiskers  and  grandchildren.  He  said 
that  his  name  was  Thumbe  Ramalingum,  or  wrords  to 
that  effect.  I couldn’t  remember  the  last  consignment, 
so  I called  him  Thumb,  and  for  days  1 longed  to  ask  if 
if  there  was  a Finger  in  his  family.  He  wore  a skirt,  and 
a sheet  twisted  around  his  head.  He  was  to  be  my  waiter, 
for  in  India  you  have  to  furnish  your  own  table  boy;  when 
you  go  to  spend  a day  or  two  with  a friend  you  alw'ays 
take  your  own  boy  along  to  wait  on  you.  My  boy  was 
to  mend  my  clothes,  black  my  shoes,  get  my  bathwater 
ready  and  hold  my  shirt;  the  way  he  talked  I wasn’t  to 
do  anything  except  open  my  mail,  put  my  feet  on  the  table 
and  enjoy  life.  But  I soon  found  out  that  his  idea  and 
mine  differed  quite  widely  as  to  w'hat  enjoyment  of  life  was. 

A few  minutes  before  the  first  meal  he  suddenly  appeared, 
a bit  flushed,  and  explained  that  he  was  of  too  high  caste 
to  wait  on  table.  I tried  to  show  him  that  it  was  an  honor 
to  be  a good  and  efficient  table  waiter,  but  he  wouldn’t 
budge  a step — he’d  rather  starve  than  wait  on  table.  So 
I had  to  look  around  and  hustle  up  another  boy  to  do  that 
part  of  the  work.  Every  time  I wanted 
him  to  do  anything  it  was  against  his 
caste;  his  caste  seemed  to  have  a 
special  enmity  toward  all  work.  When 
I wanted  him  to  carry  my  bags  he 
begged  leave  to  be  excused  as  his  caste 
didn’t  allow  him  to  do  such  menial 
work,  and  when  I gave  him  my  shoes 
to  be  blacked  he  looked  at  me  in  hor- 
ror; it  was  expressly  against  his  caste 
to  touch  leather — a product  of  the 
sacred  cow. 

A DOLEFUL  SERVANT 
DISCHARGED 

As  he  busied  himself  at  such  hard 
work  around  my  room  at  the  Y.  M . C.  A. 
as  straightening  the  papers  on  my  desk, 
putting  hangers  in  my  coats  and  col- 
lecting all  the  collar  buttons  in  one 


as  I began  to  think  that  he  had  run  out  of  sons  he  would  come  to 
me  with  the  sad  news  that  another  pride  of  his  life  had  been 
snatched  from  him. 

One  day  when  I told  him  to  pick  the  hairs  out  of  my  brush,  he 
looked  at  me  sadly,  and  then  began  to  tell  me  about  a 
nephew  that  had  suddenly  departed  this  flesh  and  would  I 
be  so  kind  as  to  give  half  a rupee  to  the  grief-stricken  father 
and  the  other  half  to  the  inconsolable  uncle.  That 
was  more  than  I could  stand  and  on  the  spot  I told 
him  that  he  was  discharged,  fired,  and  to  get  out 
of  my  sight  as  fast  as  he  could. 

“Thank  you,  sahib,  thank  you,”  said  Thumb  with 
a profound  salute. 

I told  him  that  he  needn’t  thank  me  for 
firing  him,  but  he  only  bowled  his  head  and 
thanked  me  more  profusely  than  ever.  His  grati- 
tude was  as  pronounced  as  if  I had  given  him 
a rupee. 

“Will  you  give  me  a recommendation  kindly 
for  the  good  boy  I have  been,  sahib?” 

After  what  a poor  servant  he  had  been  that  was 
the  last  straw.  It  would  be  underhanded  to  foist 
him  off  on  somebody  else — and  then  suddenly  I 


TYPICAL  HINDU  BEAUTY 

The  belles  of  India  wear  rather  scanty  shirt- 
waists and  display  bare  feet  with  rings  on 
their  toes.  An  ornament  is  always  worn  in 
the  left  side  of  the  nose. 

piano  wires  and  was  determined  to  low'er 
rents.  After  hearing  an  able-bodied  Hindu 
pick  on  an  instrument  of  this  kind  one  can’t 
help  wishing  that  they  would  put  it  in  the 
same  class  with  the  flute.  A Hindu’s  idea  of 
music  is  to  make  all  the  noise  he  can.  He 
doesn’t  care  anything  about  rhyme  or 
rhythm;  all  his  energy  is  expended  in  vol- 
ume. Hindu  musicians  are  all  large,  splen- 
didly muscled  fellows  who  play  as  if  they 
were  going  to  gymnasium  regularly.  When 
one  hears  them  playing  on  a vina  one  can’t 
help  wondering  how  Saul  ever  came  to 
make  such  an  impression  on  David. 


A QUARTER  CENT  PER  MEAD  PER  TRIP 
Transportation  of  all  kinds  is  cheap  in  India.  These  boys 
are  squandering  a quarter  of  a cent  apiece  for  this  thrill. 

It  almost  seems  as  though  the  donkey  could  spare  some  of 
his  equipment  to  outfit  his  master  a little  more  completely 

IHE  first  thing  I wanted  to  see  in  India  was  the  Black 
Hole  of  Calcutta.  I could  hardly  wait  to  see  the 
famous  prison  in  which,  in  1756,  133  people  were 
suffocated  in  a single  night.  One  hundred  and  fifty-six 
British  prisoners,  captured  by  the  natives,  were  cast  into 
a room  18  feet  square,  and  the  following  morning  only  23 
of  them  were  living. 

Without  waiting  to  unpack  my  trunk  I hurried  to  the 
spot,  but  I was  sadly  disappointed,  for  all  there  was  there 
was  a monument  with  a chain  around  it.  I felt  cheated; 
in  America  we  would  have  given  the  visitor  something 
for  his  money.  We  would  have  preserved  the  prison  with 
its  two  small  windows,  and  put  a showcase  in  the  corner 
with  samples  of  the  nails  and  a rusty  hinge.  The  restored 
prison  would  have  been  filled  with  wax  figures,  their  coats 
noticeably  dusty  and  hunched  at  the  collar,  and  outside 
would  have  been  a lineal  descendant  of  one  of  the  survivors 
selling  post -card  views  and  a History  of  the  Hole  for  a 
quarter. 

I got  on  the  night  express  at  Calcutta  to  go  to  Bombay, 
which  is  about  as  far  as  from  New  York  to  Kansas  City, 
and  just  as  the  train  started  I learned  something.  They 
don’t  have  one  long  car,  but  a lot  of  little  compartments 
with  doors  that  open  out  on  the  side  so  that  when  you 
get  to  your  station  you  can  twist  the  knob  and  step  out 
on  the  platform.  Between  stations  they  keep  the  door 
locked  so  that  you  can’t  absently  open  it  and  step  into 
the  surrounding  country.  I kept  waiting  for  the  porter 
to  come  to  make  up  my  berth,  but  station  after  station 
went  by,  and  no  porter  showed  up.  Another  man  in  the 
compartment  explained  that  they  do  not  have  porters  on 
the  trains  in  India;  out  there  everybody  carries  his  own 
servant.  It  dawned  on  me,  first,  that  I would  have  to 
make  my  own  bed,  and,  second,  that  I didn’t  have  any 
bed  to  make.  Everybody  in  India  carries  his  own  sheets 
and  blankets.  So  I spent  the  night 
stretched  out  on  a leather  seat,  with 
the  crook  of  my  arm  for  a pillow, 
and  handkerchiefs  spread  at  advan- 
tageous points  up  "and  down  the 
line. 

I love  to  get  on  a street  car  in 
Bombay  and  ride,  just  to  see  the 
conductor.  He  wears  his  turban 
wrapped  around  his  head  and  his 
skirt  coiled  around  his  waist,  and 
when  he  comes  down  the  aisle  to 
collect  your  fare,  his  brown  _ knees 
pop  in  and  out  from  under  his  skirt 
as  if  it  were  some  kind  of  game.  A 
Hindu  street  car  conductor  doesn’t 
worry  much  about  the  rags  situated 
here  and  the  e that  make  up  his 
clothes;  his  efforts  are  concentrated 
on  getting  a big  pair  of  earrings. 

It  is  wonderful  what  success  they 
have;  some  of  the  rings  look  as  if 
they  had  been  cast  for  the  navy. 

Their  earrings  are  not  little  bobs 
that  hang  from  the  lower  part  of 
the  ear,  but  are  hoops  fastened  in 
the  top  part.  The  right  ear  is  the 
favorite;  on  this  they  hang  the 
greater  part  of  their  silverware. 


WHERE  THE  STREET  CAR  CONDUCTORS 
WEAR  EARRINGS 


The  policemen  wear  little  round  caps  and 
carry  umbrellas.  On  any  corner  you  may  see 
the  round  cap  riding  high  and  dry,  while 
the  representative  of  the  law  majestically 
commands  the  crowd  with  an  umbrella. 

But  there  is  no  better  weapon  than 
an  English  umbrella.  The  rod  is 
made  of  wood,  after  the  general  pat- 
tern of  a hoisting  derrick,  and  a 
person  with  a fair  swing  could  knock 
an  enemy  into  the  middle  of  the 
summer  solstice.  No  man  armed  with 
an  English  umbrella  need  worry,  unless 
the  enemy  has  light  artillery.  Instead  of 
neatly  wrapping  the  cover  up  tight,  as  we 
do,  they  let  it  sprangle  loose,  gathering  the  ribs  in  at  the 
top  with  a rubber  band,  so  that  the  umbrella  has  the 
appearance  of  an  actress  dashing  into  the  next  dressing 
room  for  a pin. 

India  is  a great  jewelry -bearing  country.  When  it 
comes  to  scattering  it  around,  the  women  favor  their  ears 
first,  and  their  wrists  second.  They  wear  bracelets  clear 


DRESS-MAKING  IS  A MAN'S  JOB 
In  India  the  men  do  the  sewing,  but  there  isn’t  as  much 
of  that  to  do  as  there  might  be.  The  jewelers  are  still 
hard  at  work  long  after  the  tailors  have  closed  shop. 

up  to  their  elbows  until  they  look  like  a cane  rack  at  Old 
Home  Week.  The  Hindus  are  afraid  to  put  their  money 
in  the  bank  so  they  buy  jewelry  and  string  it  on  their 
wives.  A Hindu  can’t  lift  nis  head  and  look  the  world  in 
the  eye,  if  his  wife,  coming  down  the  sidewalk,  doesn’t 
rattle  like  a milk  wagon.  Every  time  she  puts  up  her 
hand  to  do  her  hair,  it  sounds  as  if  the  next  number  on 
the  program  were  a muscle  dance. 

Toes  are  a favorite  place  with  the  Hindus  for  jewelry'. 
The  big  toe  is  certain  of  a silver  ring,  and  if  the  pocketbook 


THE  HINDU  HUSBAND  IS  AN  OBJECT  OF  PITY  ON  IV ASH  DAY 
“The  poor  benighted  Hindu;  for  clothes  he  makes  his  skin  do,”  all  of  which  is  fortunate  for  the  head  of  the 
house,  for  on  wash  day,  when  the  whole  city  convenes  at  the  public  washing-place,  he  is  very  likely  to  beobliged 
to  do  the  scrubbing  as  well  as  turn  the  wringer,  only  there  isn’t  any  wringer. 


HINDU  DOMESTIC  ENGINEERING 
The  motive  power  of  this  native  cradle  is  the  string  which 
the  mother  holds  and  pulls  back  and  forth  until  the  baby 
is  rocked  to  sleep  or  gets  sun-struck 


holds  out  the  envious  smaller  ones  are  sure  to  be  remem- 
bered. Some  of  the  toe-rings  have  tiny  little  bells  so  that 
when  a woman  walks  it  sounds  as  if  the  cows  were  in  the 
corn  on  the  far  forty. 

The  women  of  India  don’t  go  in  very  much  for  dressing. 
Jewelry  is  about  all  they  wear — and  they  wear  that  at 
inconspicuous  points.  They  seem  to  take  a personal  pride 
in  seeing  how  much  money  they  can  save  their  husbands 
on  clothes;  and  their  husbands  see  with  how  much  jewelery 
they  can  surprise  their  wives.  The  Mohammedan  women 
are  very  careful  to  keep  their  faces  covered  up;  it  never 
occurs  to  them  that  other  parts  might  need  protection  as 
well.  The  women  wear  a waist  with  sleeves  that  comes 
just  below  the  collar-bone.  They  have  great  confidence  in 
the  waist,  for  they  feel  that  they  don’t  need  anything  else 
until  they  get  to  the  skirt.  The  skirt  is  far  removed  from 
the  collar-bone. 

Four  things  in  India  are  held  sacred:  cows,  crows,  snakes- 
and  monkeys.  How  they  came  to  select  these,  above  all 
others,  to  put  on  the  sacred  list,  is  more  than  anyone 
knows.  You  would  have  to  hunt  a long  time  to  find  any- 
thing homelier  than  a sacred  cow.  The  sacred  cows  are  of 
a soiled  white,  and  they  have  long  drooping  jackrabbit 
ears  and  camel’s  humps  on  their  necks  just  where  the  collar 
button  would  come.  They  look  about  as  sacred  as  a 
cornsheller. 

These  cows  wander  up  and  down  the  street  and  when 
they  come  to  a grocery  store  they  calmly  begin  eating  the 
vegetables  on  display;  the  grocer  cannot  drive  them  away 
for  they  are  sacred — all  he  can  do  is  to  stand  there  with  a 
plaintive,  pleading  expression  in  his  eyes  and  hope  that 
the  cow  is  not  feeling  well.  From  one  grocery  store  to 
another  they  take  the  middle  of  the  sidewalk.  They 
won’t  turn  out  under  any  consideration — they’ve  got  to 
have  the  middle  of  the  sidewalk.  It  takes  the  last  remnant 
of  my  gentlemanly  instincts  to  step  out  into  'the  gutter 
to  let  a cow  pass.  I just  itch  to 
get  my  hands  on  a club — if  I could, 
there’d  be  an  awful  concussion  on 
about  the  fourth  sacred  floating  rib. 

Ponder  over  it  as  I may,  I have 
never  been  able  to  figure  out  why 
anybody,  who  hasn’t  been  out  in 
the  sun  too  much,  should  pick  a 
crow  to  hold  sacred.  One  would 
think  that  if  they  were  going  to 
pick  any  bird  to  hold  sacred  they 
would  select  a beautiful  one,  for 
India  has  hundreds  of  beautiful 
birds — and  by  no  wild  leap  of  the 
imagination  could  a crow  be  called 
pretty.  I thought  our  American 
crows  were  homely,  but  they  are 
beautiful  alongside  the  Bombay 
crows.  The  Bombay  crows  are  the 
dirtiest,  greasiest,  most  dilapidated- 
looking  birds  I ever  saw  in  my 
life.  They  take  full  advantage  of 
their  sacredness:  they  will  swoop 
down  and  pull  vegetables  out  of  a 
basket  a person  is  carrying,  and 
will  come  hopping  in  and  drag 
things  off  the  table — especially 
things  that  will  spot  the  carpet. 


GETTING 


ACCUSTOMED  TO  TOPSY-TURVY  JAPAN 


I JUST  can’t  get  used  to  how  turned 
around,  upside  down,  inside  out, 
topsy-turvy  things  are  in  Japan. 

A Japanese  carpenter  draws  the  plane 
toward  himself  and  a blacksmith  sits 
down  to  work.  A Japanese  blacksmith 
never  knows  the  joys  of  getting  tickets 
to  the  circus,  for  he  hasn’t  any  place  for 
the  advance  man  to  paste  up  his  three- 
sheets.  The  whole  front  of  a Japanese 
blacksmith  shop  is  open  with  other 
buildings  jammed  up  so  close  on  each 
6ide  that  the  circus  man  couldn’t  get 
a poster  in.  A Japanese  book  begins 
on  our  last  page  and  finishes  on  our 
first  paragraph.  And  their  sentences 
begin  at  the  top  of  the  page  and  read 
down,  like  long  columns  of  figures. 

They  wear  white  to  funerals  and  judge 
poetry  by  the  beauty  of  the  hand- 
writing. 

Japanese  houses  haven’t  any  chim- 
neys, so  that  you  may  see  a whole 
plateau  of  houses  with  not  a single  curl  of  smoke  as  far  as 
the  eye  can  reach.  The  Japanese  cooking  is  done  outside 
the  house  in  a little  charcoal  stove.  They  have  no  stoves 
to  keep  themselves  warm — only  little  hibachis — 
gallon  jars  with  charcoal  in  them  covered  with 
fine  ashes.  There  isn’t  enough  heat  in  one 
to  singe  a miller,  and  whenever  they  get 
too  cold  they  take  a warm  bath.  Bath- 
ing is  a sacred  rite.  Whenever  they 
have  a spare  moment  they  run  and 
take  a bath.  When  business  is  dull 
they  hurry  to  a public  bath-house 
and  jump  in;  if  they  miss  one 
train  they  take  a bath  while 
waiting  for  the  next.  They  take 
them  hot — steaming,  sizzling  hot. 

And  the  strange  thing  is  they 
don’t  do  the  bathing  in  the  tub; 
they  have  little  foot  baths  about 
the  size  of  crocks  that  they  use 
for  washing  themselves  and  when 
they  are  thoroughly  clean  they 
climb  into  the  tub.  If  you  should 
get  into  the  tub  first  the  pro- 
prietor would  break  into  tears  and 
tell  you  that  you  were  bankrupting 
him,  for  the  same  water  is  used  all 
evening  no  difference  how  many  guests 
the  hotel  has.  After  soaking  a while  they 
crawl  out,  steaming  all  over,  gently  blot 
themselves,  get  into  kimonos  and  sit  around 
bare-ankled.  One  would  think  that 
before  the  evening  was  over  a fleet- 
footed  runner  would  have  to  be  dis- 
patched for  medical  assistance,  but 
instead  of  that  they  never  catch  cold. 

When  I got  here  and  was  invited 
into  a Japanese  home,  I found  that  they  haven’t  any 
chairs;  in  fact,  there  isn’t  a stick  of  furniture  a foot 
high  in  a Japanese  house.  You  have  to  sit  on — the 
floor.  A person  of  my  build  was  never  meant  for  sitting 
on  the  floor.  When  I get  down  on  the  floor  and  try  to 
draw  up  to  a Japanese  table,  my  feet  are  so  in  the  way 
that  I can’t  get  up  to  where  there  is  anything  doing. 
The  waitress  has  to  walk  around  my  feet  to  bring  me 
the  viands.  By  the  time  the  meal  is  over  she  is  pretty 
well  fagged  out.  When  the  Japanese  sit  down  to  a repast 
they  do  not  sit  tailor-fashion  with  their  legs  crossed  in 
front  of  them — instead  they  sit  down  on  their  feet  with 
their  toes  turned  back,  pointing  in  the  opposite  direction 
from  the  way  the  person  is  looking.  When  I sit  down  on 
my  feet,  with  my  knees  going  in  one  direction  and  my  toes 
in  another,  it  binds  my  legs  so  that  in  a few  minutes  my 
feet  drop  off  to  sleep.  At  the  end  of  every  course  I have  to 
get  up  and  arouse  them. 

FLOORS  ARE  SOFT 

One  thing  to  be  thankful  for  is  that  the  floors  are  not 
boards  covered  with  carpets,  as  they  are  in  our  country; 
tn  Japan  they  are  covered  with  matting  three  inches  thick, 
and  when  you  sit  down  you  are  given  a cushion  and  a 
padded  two-legged  milk-stool  on  which  you  are  supposed 
to  lean  gracefully  with  one  elbow,  while  you  use  the 
chopsticks  with  the  free  hand — and  they  are  sure  to  serve 
soft-fried  eggs.  I never  knew,  until  I tried  to  eat  a soft- 
fried  egg  with  a couple  of  knitting-needles,  why  the 


AGRICULTURAL  METHODS  ARE  PRIMITIVE  AND 
PAINSTAKING 

A wooden  plow  and  a buffalo  equip  a Japanese  farm,  most  of 
the  work  being  done  by  man  power.  Whole  fields  of  rice  are 
transplanted  by  hand.  Imagine  a North  Dakota  farmer 
setting  out  his  wheat  field  one  plant  at  a time! 

Japanese  invited  Americans  out  to  dine  with 
them.  Now  I understand  why  they  pre- 
ferred having  me  to  dinner  to  attending 
a comedy  at  the  Imperial  Theater. 
I assert,  without  fear  of  successful 
contradiction,  that  no  white  person 
will  ever  be  able  to  eat  a soft-fried 
egg  with  ease  and  grace  while 
lightly  chatting  with  his  Japanese 
host — he  can  not  help  worrying 
about  his  chin  and  wondering  if 
the  kimono  will  wash. 

A Japanese  house  hasn’t  a single 
window.  And  it’s  only  the  most 
stylish  of  them  that  have  a pane 
of  glass.  A person  who  has  a 
pane  of  glass  somewhere  in  his 
house  sets  the  social  pace  in  that 
neighborhood.  Instead  of  glass 
they  have  paper  pasted  on  sliding 
frames,  and  through  the  paper  the 
light  filters.  Naturally  one  won- 
ders how  they  keep  the  rain 
out;  this  is  little  trouble,  for 
outside  the  paper  walls  are  a series  of 
wooden  doors 
which  also  slide 
back  and 
forth. 

When  time 
comes  to  retire, 
you  look  around 
for  the  bed,  but  there  isn’t  one 
in  sight.  It  is  rolled  up  in  a 
drawer,  and  the  Japanese 
wouldn’t  know  a bedstead 
from  a quilting-frame.  Mil- 
lions of  people  in  Japan  have 
grown  to  manhood,  voted, 
paid  taxes  and  gone  to  their 
reward  without  ever  having 
clapped  eyes  on  an  American 
bedstead.  To  make  the  bed 
ready  the  servant  opens  the 
drawer  and  unrolls  the  quilts 
on  the  floor,  putting  a tomato- 
can-looking  thing  under  one 
end  for  a pillow.  Then  she 
shuts  all  the  paper  windows 
and  pulls  to  all  the  wooden 
slides  so  that  not  a breath  of 
air  can  get  in  and  the  bed  is 
ready.  Money  in  the  palm 
wouldn’t  persuade  a Japanese 
to  sleep  with  the  window  open. 

Their  theory  is  that  during 
the  day  the  air  becomes  full 
of  dust  and  germs  so  that  if 
you  keep  your  windows  sealed 
during  the  night  none  of  the 
germs  can  get  in;  on  arising 


they  pull  open  the  windows,  letting  in 
the  fresh  air;  by  this  time  the  germs 
have  settled  so  that  the  air  is  pure. 
But  when  they  get  up  in  the  morning 
their  mouths  feel  as  if  somebody  had 
just  swept  up. 

NOTHING  BUT  BLOSSOMS 

Japan  is  famous  for  its  cherry  blos- 
soms. Each  year  thousands  of  people 
come  over  just  to  see  them,  and  it  is 
well  that  its  fame  rests  on  the  blos- 
soms and  not  on  the  fruit,  for  the 
trees  don’t  have  any  cherries.  The 
trees  spend  all  their  energies  in  blos- 
soms so  that  there  isn’t  any  fruit 
except  a stone  and  a shriveled  skin. 
When  a Japanese  wishes  to  be  particu- 
larly nice  to  you  when  you  are  having 
dinner  at  his  house  he  brings  out 
salted  cherry  blossoms  for  you. 

The  Jap  is  always  polite,  but  once 
in  a while  he  slips  from  grace — and 
when  he  does  he  is  up  against  it,  for  there  are  no  swear 
words  in  the  Japanese  language.  When  a Japanese 
meets  you  he  bows  three  times  and  takes  off  his  hat, 
but  does  not  shake  hands.  When  he  greets  you  his 
first  concern  is  about  your  ancestors  and  next  about  your 
stomach.  It  would  be  almost  an  open  insult  for  one 
Japanese  to  meet  another  without  asking  him  how  his 
stomach  fared.  On  the  third  bow  he  asks,  “This  morning, 
how  is  it  with  your  honorable  insides?  ” As  you  come  up  on 
your  third  bow  you  answer  to  the  effect  that  the  place 
mentioned  is  doing  as  well  as  could  be  expected  and  in 
turn  ask  him  what  news  he  has  had  from  the  front.  Then 
he  lifts  his  hat  again  and  says,  “Your  delightful  head  this 
morning,  I hope  it  have  no  commotion.”  When  you  tell 
him  that  you  are  pleased  to  report  that  it  feels  well  this 
morning,  he  asks  about  a few  generations  of  honorable 
ancestors  and  then  you  are  free  to  take  up  the  weather. 

Even  though  they  are  elaborately  polite,  once  in  a while 
one  Japanese  will  get  mad  at  another.  Their  anger  kindles 
slowly  at  first,  finally  fanning  into  a blaze  that  knows  no 
staying.  But  even  though  there  is  a torrent  of  emotion 
seething  in  his  soul  there  are  no  words  to  give  it  vent;  it 
keeps  surging  harder  and  harder  until  he  throws  aside  all 
restraint  and  gives  up  all  idea  of  decency  by  putting  into 
one  phrase  all  his  bitterness  and  snapping  squarely  intc 
the  other  man’s  astonished  face  the  worst  thing  that  can  be 
said  in  the  whole  language,  “Your  stomach  is  not  on 
straight!”  This  is  the  final  insult;  nothing  more  can  be 
added — he  has  cast  the  glove.  There  is  nothing  left  for 
him  to  do  but  to  give  his  enemy  a cutting  look,  turn  on  his 
heel  and  haughtily  clap-clap 
away  on  his  wooden  shoes. 

NEVER  SAW  GLOVES 

Japanese  women  never 
wear  gloves.  Thousands  upon 
thousands  of  Nippon  natives 
have  never  seen  a pair  of 
gloves.  One  day  as  an 
American  girl  and  I were 
walking  through  a small 
village  some  distance  from 
Tokio  we  were  at  a loss  to 
understand  why  such  a large 
crowd  gathered  around  us  on 
the  street.  In  a small  town 
an  American  always  gathers 
a crowd,  but  this  crowd  was 
particularly  thick  and  excited 
— and  when  the  Japanese  do 
any  looking  they  want  to  do 
it  up  close.  The  natives  kept 
looking  at  my  partner,  point- 
ing and  jabbering  away  .wildly 
excited.  The  crowd  kept  get- 
ting tighter  and  tighter, 
while  with  our  hands  on  our 
noses  we  kept  trying  to  push 
out.  They  kept  pointing  at 
her  hands,  then  at  her  face, 
and  not  until  one  of  them 
reached  over  and  felt  of  her 
hands  did  we  understand 
what  was  the  matter.  The 
girl  with  me  had  on  a pairc/ 
black  gloves. 


MUSICAL  INTERLUDE 

Japanese  maidens  are  fond 
of  the  samisen,  an  instru- 
ment somewhat  like  a 
guitar — in  appearance. 


FOUR  GENERATIONS  HERE 

Children,  mother,  grandmother  and  great-grandmother 
form  a rather  unusual  family  group  in  Japan. 


SOME  ADVENTURES  WITH  JAPANESE  POLITENESS 


SOLID  COMFORT 

The  larger  baby  is  in  harge  of  the 
smaller  one,  and  both  seem  to  find 
the  world  a pleasant  place. 


HAD  always  heard  that  there 
was  lots  of  politeness  in  Japan 
but  I had  hardly  expectec 
to  find  that  it  often  blocked 
traffic.  When  two  Japanese 
meet  on  the  narrow  streets 
you've  got  to  wait  until 
the  ceremony  is  over,  or  go 
around.  On  meeting  they 
do  not  shake  hands  and 
have  it  over  with  as  we  do 
back  home,  but  begin  bow- 
ing and  each  asking  the 
other  the  latest  news  from 
his  worshipful  ancestors.  It 
would  be  an  open  insult — 
smack  in  the  face — for  one 
Japanese  to  meet  another 
without  asking  him  how  his 
ancestors  fared.  Their  an- 
cestors are  always  an  open 
subject  for  discussion;  a Jap 
is  never  too  busy  to  engage  in 
conversation  about  his  dear, 
departed  forebears.  The 

weather  can  look  out  for  itself;  the  gripping  topic  is  how 
some  of  the  ancestors  are  getting  along  who  passed  to 
their  reward  a couple  of  hundred  years  ago. 

When  two  Japanese  meet  they  stop  squarely  in  the  mid- 
dle of  the  street  and  begin  bowing.  Their  bow  is  not 
just  a twitch  of  the  head;  instead  of  that  it  begins  at  the 
waist,  sweeping  over  the  entire  upper  part  of  the  body, 
even  to  the  outlying  hands,  bending  the  figure  over  until 
it  looks  like  a great  inverted  V teetering  for  a moment 
on  one  prong.  There  are  traces  of  the  Colonial  in  their 
bow,  with  a pronounced  military  strain  running  through  it. 

When  they  are  doubled  over,  one  of  them  says  to  the 
other,  “Oh,  honored  sir,  to  what  do  I owe  my  great  good 
fortune  that  I have  the  pleasure  of  meeting  such  an 
esteemed  man  this  day?” 

The  other  man  with  his  head  down  comes  quickly  back 
with,  “You  do  me  a great  honor  with  such  words  and  I 
only  wish  that  I were  worthy  of  them.  May  1 crave 
your  indulgence  while  I ask  how  your  stomach  finds 
itself  this  morning?” 

ANCESTORS  RUN  SECOND 

The  first  concern  of  one  Japanese  on  meeting  another 
is  to  know  how  the  other’s  stomach  fares  and  after  this 
momentous  question  is  settled  they  pass  on  to  their 
ancestors,  who  while  the  conversation  is  on  the  stomach 
have  to  take  a back  seat. 

“ It  is  kind  of  you  to  inquire  and  your  splendid  thought- 
fulness shall  long  be  remembered.  It  is  with  pleasure  that 
I answer  that  my  stomach  does  me  nicely  and  I beg  leave 
to  ask  if  you  can  report  a satisfactory  state.” 

“I  know  ofYio  one  who  is  so  thoughtful  and  kind  as  you 
are  aftid  I take  great  pleasure  in  telling  you  that  my  bodily 
being  is  quite  satisfactory  and  hasten  to  ask  how  rest  your 
honored  ancestors?” 

“You  honor  me  and  I take  pleasure  in  answering  that 
they  rest  well  and  it  gives  me  great  joy  to  ask  how  your 
even  more  honored  ancestors  rest  today.” 

Still  bowed,  the  other  replies,  “Those  whom  you  have 
honored  by  asking  about  fare  well  and 
now  that  you  have  been  so  gracious  as 
to  make  inquiry  about  them  they  will 
rest  even  better.” 

Whether  they  are  standing  in  the 
middle  of  the  sidewalk,  or  in  a door, 
the  whole  ceremony  must  be  gone 
through  with.  If  a Japanese  were  run- 
ning madly  down  the  street  to  turn  in 
a fire  alarm  and  he  met  an  old  friend 
with  a number  of  honored  ancestors,  the 
building  would  be  a total  loss. 

Just  as  you  think  that  the  ceremony 
is  about  over  and  that  the  janitor  will 
soon  be  around  turning  out  the  lights, 
they  begin  bowing  again.  With  his 
hat  held  across  his  breast  as  if  attend- 
ing the  obsequies  of  a brother  member 
of  the  lodge,  one  breaks  out  afresh, 
with  “I  am  grateful  for  your  kindness 
and  only  wish  that  I were  worthy  of  it.  I hope  you  will 
do  me  the  honor  of  a continuance  of  your  acquaintance.” 

To  which  the  other  comes  back  without  a moment’s 
hesitation,  “If  you  will  allow  me  to  claim  you,  kind  sir, 


as  an  acquaintance,  the  honor  will  be  far  more  than  1 am  worthy 
of.  I am  full  of  shortcomings  and  shall  feel  grateful  if 
such  an  exalted  personage  as  yourself  will  deign 
notice  such  an  unworthy  creature  as  I.” 

With  this  the  two  straighten  up,  put  on  their 
hats  and  walk  down  the  street  together 
while  all  is  peace  and  sunshine — the  two 
have  met  and  greeted  each  other  after  the 
usual  Japanese  fashion.  But  in  all  this 
time  they  have  not  shaken  hands.  They 
do  not  believe  in  shaking  hands,  for  why 
shake  hands-  when  the  time  could  be 
spent  in  getting  a line  on  the  other’s 
exalted  ancestors? 

A SERIOUS  OMISSION 

Lately  the  handshake  has  been  brought  into 
Japan  by  a few  Japanese  who  have  traveled 


THE  LITTLE  BHOWN  JUG 

The  little  brown  man  is  pouring 
sake,  the  national  drink,  out  of  it. 
Sake  is  always  drunk  hot. 


LAUNDRY  IN  PUBLIC 

I‘t  is  not  considered  bad  form  to  wash  the  family  linen  in  public, 
even  in  front  of  the  house  if  there  happens  to  be  a stream  there. 

abroad,  but  the  kiss  has  never  been  introduced  into  the 
flowery  kingdom.  The  women  of  Japan  know  nothing 
about  it.  They  are  so  dainty  and  pretty  that  it’s  a shame. 
There  is  no  use  in  one’s  trying  to  open  up  this  pleasant  field 
to  them,  for  his  efforts  will  get  a cold  reception.  The 
reason  that  the  efforts  of  a person  philanthropically  in- 
clined get  such  a chilling  reception  is  that  they  hold  that 
kissing  is  vulgar. 


AFTERNOON  TEA  IN  A HIGH-CLASS  JAPANESE 
HOME 

The  lady  of  the  house  is  entertaining  two  guests.  She  is  the 
second  from  the  left  of  the  picture,  the  maid  being  first.  The 
round  wooden  box  contains  rice,  and  between  the  two  guests 
is  the  little  brazier  at  which  cigarettes  are  lighted. 


nd  the  worst  trouble  is,  the 
future  doesn’t  seem  any  brighter. 
The  Japanese  are  so  polite 
that  they  clap  it  on  in  the 
most  unexpected  places.  To 
them  a hand  is  a hand,  but 
a foot  is  a most  honorable 
foot.  It  is  always  spoken 
of  with  the  double  super- 
lative. A Japanese  would 
not  think  of  mentioning 
your  foot — it  would  be 
your  most  honorable  foot. 
To  ask  about  your  honor- 
able foot  would  be  to  show 
that  the  person  lacked 
caste — it  must  be  most  honor- 
able. 

It  is  of  their  eating  manners 
that  the  Japanese  are  par- 
ticularly proud.  They  think 
they  are  about  the  last  word 
when  it  comes  to  dining-room 
polish.  The  more  noise  you 
make  at  a Japanese  table 
the  better  mannered  you  are.  If  you  don’t  smack  your 
lips  it  shows  that  you  have  no  appreciation  of  the  food. 
The  way  you  drink  your  tea  shows  your  bringing  up.  To 
drink  it  quietly  shows  that  you  haven’t  had  the  advantage 
of  culture  and  association.  But  if  you  gurgle  it  until  the 
waves  dash  high  it  shows  that  you  are  a gentleman  of 
refinement. 

Their  eating  implements  consist  of  a pair  of  chopsticks 
and  a couple  of  supple  wrists.  When  they  begin  with 
their  chopsticks  on  a full  bowl  of  rice,  there  is  a steady 
roll  that  reminds  one  of  a snare  drummer  trying  to  sign 
for  another  season.  Holding  the  bowl  slightly  below  the 
chin  with  one  hand,  they  roll  the  sticks  with  the  other, 
and  in  a startlingly  few  seconds  the  rice  is  gone. 

NICETIES  ABOUT  EATING 
But  with  all  that,  they  have  their  niceties  about  eating. 
One  day  as  I was  going  along  the  street  I saw  a candy  man 
sitting  on  a stool  beside  his  cart  fashioning  delicacies  with 
his  two  flying  thumbs.  Taking  a ball  of  candy  mixture 
he  would  give  it  a few  pinches,  a twist,  dab  on  a red  spot 
and  there  would  be  a fish.  Taking  up  another  ball  he 
would  give  it  a few  twists  and  he  would  have  a radish. 
Half  a dozen  of  these  he  would  put  into  a thumb-made 
candy  plate,  the  size  of  a chocolate  wrapper,  and  sell  for 
half  a cent.  Buying  a plate  of  tiny  delicacies  I gave  it  to 
a girl  expecting  to  see  her  down  it  in  good  old  American 
fashion,  but  instead  of  falling  on  it  greedily  she  made  a 
courtly  bow  and  tore  down  the  street  as  fast  as  her  wooden 
shoes  would  let  her.  I looked  after  her  in  astonishment, 
thinking  that  this  upset  every  child  theory  I had,  and  de- 
termined to  try  it  again.  So  I waited  until  the  two  flying; 
thumbs  had  molded  another  delicacy  and  proffered  this 
to  a second  child.  Down  the  street  she  flew,  too,  her  wal- 
nut knot  of  hair  wobbling  excitedly.  When  1 bought  the 
third  delicacy  I gave  it  to  a child  that  was  weighted  down 
with  a baby  on  her  back  and  followed  after,  while  she  went 
bobbing  down  the  street,  the  baby’s  head  rolling  heavily. 
I found  her  sitting  on  the  floor,  eating  the  sirupy 
fish  and  candy  radishes  with  many 
delighted  sucks  and  appreciative 
grunts.  Then  I understood:  it  was 
not  polite  to  eat  on  the  street,  but 
under  her  father’s  gray  tile  roof  it  was 
the  height  of  form  to  dispose  of  the 
sweets  with  all  the  gustatory  gurglings 
that  her  delighted  soul  wished. 

Even  when  a Japanese  has  taken  up 
American  ways  and  fully  believes  that 
he  is  Anglicized  to  the  core,  there  is 
nothing  that  brings  shame  to  him 
quicker  than  to  walk  down  the  street 
with  an  American  friend  who  insists 
on  stopping  at  a fruit  stand  and  eating 
an  apple.  He  will  twist  and  squirm 
in  silence,  keeping  his  eyes  averted  for 
fear  of  meeting  some  one  he  knows, 
finally  giving  up  the  struggle  and 
walking  along  in  advance  as  if  he  were 
not  with  the  person  so  ill-bred  as  to  eat  an  apple  in  public. 


STRANGE  HAPPENINGS  IN  A JAPANESE  HOTEL 


T 


A GIRL  OF  ALL 
WOKS. 

Japanese  young  wo- 
man, who  also  acted 
as  hotel  chamber- 
maid, doing  a big 
"wash.”  Cold  water 
is  always  used  in 
Japan  for  laundry 
purposes,  although 
the  people  bathe  in 
very  hot  water. 


|HERE  is  nothing  in  the  world  that  makes  a person 
feel  farther  from  home  than  to  come  panting  up  to 
the  station  platform  of  a small  town  away  in  the 
interior  of  Japan  and  see  his  train  scooting  down  the  track 
with  a frightened  expression  on  its  rear  platform  as  if  it 
feared  that  he  might  yet  dash  out  and 
overtake  it.  A fellow  w'ould  then  sign  y 
away  his  property  for  just  one  glimps 
of  a checker  game,  a pair  of  suspender; 
and  a taste  of  American  pie. 

I watched  the  train  until 
was  a tumble  bug  trying  to  get 
up  a hill,  then  said  lightly 
to  myself  as  if  the  whole 
thing  was  settled,  “Oh, 
well  I’ll  just  go  down  to 
the  hotel,  read  a while 
and  turn  in It 
sounded  so  easy  — just 
order  a room  and  hang 
the  light  over  the  foot 
of  the  bed.  I started 
down  the  narrow  path 
with  a huddle  of  houses 
on  each  side  that  called 
itself  a street,  looking  for 
hotel.  I hadn’t  a very'  clear 
idea  of  what  a Japanese  hotel 
should  look  like,  but  I felt  th 
one  couldn’t  look  like  anything 
I had  yet  seen.  A few  blocks 
along,  I came  to  a low,  thick- 
set building  which  seemed  to 
have  possibilities,  so  I 
pounded  on  the  sliding  doors 
with  my  knuckles.  Slowly 
the  doors  parted  until  a girl’s 
face  was  framed. 

“Is  this  a hotel?”  I asked. 

She  answered  something, 
but  I hadn’t  any  idea  in  the 
world  what  it  was.  I felt  that  she  didn’t  under- 
stand me  and  I knew  good  and  well  that  I didn’t 
get  the  drift  of  her  remarks. 

“ I want  to  stay  all  night.” 

PROVED  TO  BE  A BANK 

With  that  she  disappeared  and  came  back  with 
an  older  woman.  “ I want  to  put  up  at  your 
hotel,”  I said  desperately,  pushing  myself  in, 
sitting  down  on  the  elevated  floor  and  beginning 
to  unlace  my  shoes.  There  was  a window  in 
the  wall  as  though  it  might  be  a clerk’s  and  on 
the  stairway  was  a bamboo  handrail  that  I could 
see  led  upstairs.  The  two  women  began  to 
get  excited  and  called  a man,  who  got  excited, 
too.  Never  before  had  I had  a visit  at  a hotel 
cause  such  a flurry  as  this  one  was  doing.  The  man  hurled 
a quiver  of  questions  into  my  face.  Putting  my  head  on 
my  hand  I closed  my  eyes  and  broke  into  a wild  tremb- 
ling snore.  Still  they  did  not  understand  and  kept 
motioning  me  to  leave,  while  up  and  down  the  street  the 
news  spread,  and  in  a few  moments  the  door  was  set  with 
brown  faces.  The  man  jumped  down  off  the  floor  and 
getting  behind  me  pushed  me  out  into  the  street  while  I 
hopped  along  with  one  shoe  on  and  one  shoe  off.  The 
doors  clapped  behind  me  and  I was  locked  outside. 
While  I was  still  wondering  what  was  the  matter  one  of 
the  crowd  shouted  “Ginko!”  and  I nearly  fainted  for  that 
is  the  Japanese  word  for  bank — I had  been  trying  to  break 
into  a bank,  thinking  that  it  was  a hotel!  I trembled  at 
what  might  have  happened  if  I had  insisted  on  going  any 
farther. 

I set  up  such  a brisk  pace  that  I soon  lost  the  crowd  and 
stopping  before  another  building  that  looked  as  if  it  had 
possibilities  I called  out,  “Ginko?’  and  deciding  that  the 
answering  jabber  meant  no  I leaned  over  on  the  floor 
and  gave  a resounding  snore.  There  was  no  doubting 
what  the  snore  meant  and  so  they  bowed  for  me  to  come 
in.  Removing  my  shoes  I set  them  down  on  the  steps  and 
came  inside.  Hearing  smothered  laughter  I turned  and 
there  were  they  pointing  at  my  shoes  as  they  loomed  along- 
side of  the  small  wooden  Japanese  shoes.  I had  to  laugh, 
too,  at  the  flotilla  of  wooden  shoes  around  my  deep  sea  pair. 

ROOM  WITHOUT  FURNITURE 

What  interested  me  most  was  something  to  eat  and  open- 
ing my  mouth  to  its  fullest  I pointed  in.  They  motioned 
me  to  follow  upstairs,  but  I held  back  showing  that  I 


wanted  the  dining-room,  not  the  bedroom.  Seeing  a 
door  which  I thought  must  be  the  dining-room  I pushed 
it  open — but  it  was  the  kitchen — so  thinking  that  they 
knew  more  about  things  than  I did  I let  them  lead  me  up- 
stairs. When  the  girl  pushed  back  the  sliding  doors  my 
heart  crawled  down  another  step,  for  there  was  only  one 
piece  of  furniture  in  the  room — a seat  that  looked  like  a 
two-legged  milk  stool  covered  with  carpet.  There 
wasn’t  a single  chair  in  the  room  and  no  place  to 
i hat  or  coat — nothing  except  a bare  room 
i a heavy  matting  on  the  floor  and  one 
f my  toes  brazenly  peeping  through  my 
stocking.  I started  to  sit  down  on  the 
milk  stool,  but  it  squirted  out  from 
under  me  while  the  servant  girl 
made  no  effort  to  hide  her  laughter. 
Dropping  down  on  the  floor  she 
showed  me  how  to  use  the  milk 
stool  by  sitting  on  the  floor  and 
leaning  one  arm  on  it  like  a 
picture  before  Pompeii. 

She  took  my  hat  and  coat  and 
I wondered  where  she  was  going 
to  hang  them,  for  there  wasn’t  a 
single  nail  or  hook  in  the  room. 
Carrying  them  over  to  the  wall,  she 


A TYPICAL  FACTORY 

Umbrella  makers  at  work.  The  men  sit  on  the  floor 
and  keep  busy  in  this  way  all  day.  Umbrellas  made 
of  paper  of  various  colors  are  in  universal  use  in 
Japan. 


pushed  back  a small  sliding  door  and 
placed  them  on  a shelf  and  brought 
me  back  a kimono  that  reached  only 
to  my  knees.  She  motioned  for  me  to 
get  into  it  and  started  down  the  hall. 

I got  out  of  my  clothes  and  was  just 
slipping  into  the  kimono  when  I heard 
her  coming;  I called  to  her  to  stop, 
bit  she  did  not  understand  so  I 
wrapped  the  kimono  around  me  the 
best  way  I could  and  tried  to  keep 
it  together,  for  there  were  no  buttons 
on  it. 

On  the  floor  she  placed  a table  and 
on  it  a pot  of  tea.  The  table  was  just 
barely  a foot  high  and  there  was  no 
milk  or  sugar  for  the  tea,  for  these 
things  spoil  tea  to  a Japanese.  Then 
she  came  with  a plate  of  fish,  a bowl 
of  rice  and  a little  square  box  with  a 
bamboo  tube  in  it,  and  a bowl.  In  the 
bowl  was  a glow  of  charcoal;  soon  I 
puzzled  out  that  this  was  for  lighting 
cigarettes  and  the  bamboo  for  drop- 
ping the  butts  into.  The  first  thing  a Japanese  thinks 
of  is  tea  and  the  next  is  cigarettes. 

NO  PLACE  FOR  KNEES 

I started  to  draw  up  to  the  table,  but  I could  not  find 
a place  for  my  knees.  They  wouldn't  let  me  get  near 
enough  the  table  to  carry  out  my  designs  on  the  fish. 
Seeing  mv  trouble  the  girl  dropped  down  to  show  me  how. 


She  turned  her  feet  back  with  her  toes  pointing  straight 
behind  her  and  sat  down,  her  face  in  one  direction  and  her 
toes  in  another.  It  looked  easy— -but  it  brought  me  up 
with  a short  breath.  No  European  can  sit  in  such  an 
attitude. 

Putting  one  leg  under  the  table,  with  one  bare  knee 
glistening  on  the  side,  I bent  over  the  table  to  proceed 
with  the  eating — but  here  I ran  up  against  a snag;  all 
I had  to  eat  with  was  chopsticks.  Weaving  them  through 
my  fingers  I tried  to  break  off  a piece  from  the  slab  of  fish, 
but  it  wouldn’t  break.  I turned  it  over  hoping  to  spring 
it,  but  with  my  wobbling  sticks  I could  only  grease  the 
plate.  Openly  the  girl  laughed — it  was  better  than  a pic- 
ture show  to  her.  She  showed  me  how  it  should  be  done 
— by  lifting  the  whole  fish  with  the  sticks  and  taking  bites 
as  if  it  were  a piece  of  bread. 

The  next  dish  was  something  that  puzzled  me:  in  a 
round  wooden  dish,  about  the  size  of  the  bowl  that  used 
to  come  in  a package  of  oatmeal,  were  white  squares  of 
meat  in  hot  water.  I worked  out  a piece  and  ate  it  and 
asked  her  through  signs  what  it  was.  She  threw  out 
enough  for  a paragraph,  but  that  did  not  bring  me  light. 
I asked  her  again  and  away  she  went  and  came  back  with 
a book  and  coming  up  close  pointed  to  the  picture  of— 
a horse!  I had  been  eating  horse  meat.  Something  in 
me  began  to  sink,  leaving  me  weak  and  limp.  Although 
she  brought  me  two  or  three  more  things  to  eat, 
I waved  them  aside — my  appetite  for  the  time 
had  been  appeased. 

HARD  WORK  TO  REGISTER 

The  maid  came  with  a book  and  a pen — a 
Japanese  pen,  which  is  a small  round  paint  brush, 
like  the  old  camel’s  hair  brush  they  used  to  paint 
our  throats  with,  and  motioned  me  to  write, 
but  I hadn’t  any  idea  in  the  world  what  she 
expected  me  to  write.  Taking  up  the  book, 
which  was  about  the  size  of  an  almanac,  I began 
to  study  it  and  at  last  it  dawned  on  me  what 
it  was — the  hotel  register'  It  is  the  law  in 
Japan  that  the  book  wherein  the  guest  has 
registered  must  be  sent  to  the  police  before 
midnight,  and  as  a result  it  is  a serious  thing  for  a 
Japanese  landlord  to  let  a person  spend  the 
night  under  his  roof  without  registering.  I 
wrote  my  name  and  handed  the  book  back  to 
her,  but  she  pointed 


to  another  square.  I 
couldn’t  think  of  any- 
thing else  that  a person 
usually  put  on  hotel 
registers  so  I handed 
the  book  back.  She 
thrust  it  into  my  hands 
again  with  a whirl  of 
words,  but  I could 
make  nothing  of  them; 
at  last  she  disappeared 
for  a moment  and  came 
back  with  a clock. 
And  then  I wrote  down 
seven  o'clock!  I started 
to  hand  back  the  book 
but  she  pointed  to 
another  square  for  me 
to  fill  out.  I began  to 
feel  as  if  I were  tak- 
ing a civil  sendee 
examination.  I had 
registered  my  name 
and  address,  and  the 
hour  I wanted  to  get 
up — surely  there  was 
nothing  else  to  put 
down.  But  the  way 
she  kept  gesticulating 
and  hurling  words  it 
was  plain  to  be  seen 
that  there  was  some- 
thing else.  Placing  her 
hand  on  the  floor  she 
brought  it  up  and  up  until  it  reached  the  topof  my  head,  but 
this  was  more  than  I could  fathom.  She  measured  off  some 
more  stairsteps,  and  carried  an  imaginary'  infant  in  her  arms, 
but  still  the  idea  would  not  wedge  into  my  head.  She  went 
at  the  stairsteps  again — and  suddenly  light  dawned  She 
wanted  to  know  how  old  I was  and  was  showing  my  growth 
from  a baby  up 


AN  ORIENTAL  KITCHENETTE 

The  kitchen  of  a Japanese  hotel.  It  is  not  very  large 
and  is  furnished  with  the  simplest  utensils.  The  servant 
does  most  of  her  work  in  it  while  on  her  knees. 


INTERESTING 

VIEWS  OF 
VARIOUS 
HAPPENINGS 
FROM  COAST 
TO  COAST 


ELEVEN  KILLED  IX  CAVE-IN  AT  AKRON,  OI1IO 


The  Crystal  restaurant,  in  Akron,  Ohio,  slid  into  a deep  excavation  for  a new  building  next 
door,  at  the  dinner  hour  on  May  1916  The  foundation  of  the  restaurant  building  had  been 
weakened  y blasts  used  in  making  the  excavation,  and  the  walls  collapsed.  Eleven  persons 
were  kil  ed  and  many  injured.  The  photograph  shows  the  police  and  fire  departments 
working  to  extricate  victims  from  the  debris. 


CORNELL  STUDENTS  BELIEVE  IN  PREPAREDNESS 
Maneuvers  during  the  two-d  ly  inspection  of  the  Cornell  Cadet  Corps.  The  kirmish  line  is  sup- 
porting a machine  gun  section  in  a sham  battle. 


WEBSTER  St  FTEVEXB 

SEATTLE’S  NEW  DRY  DOCK  IN  SERVICE 
Seattle  is  justly  proud  of  its  12,000-ton  dry  dock,  which  is  here 
shown  with  three  vessels  undergoing  repairs  at  once.  It  is  one 
of  the  largest  and  best-equipped  dry  docks  on  the  Pacific  and  is  a 
factor  in  the  development  of  Seattle  as  a port.  The  shortage  of 
ships  caused  by  the  war  has  brought  out  of  retirement  all  the  old 
d.scarded  vessels  that  can  be  made  to  float,  and  dry  docks  and 
shipyards  are  experiencing  a rush  that  they  have  not  known 
since  the  dec'ine  of  the  American  merchant  marine  that  fol- 
lowed the  War  Between  the  States.  This  condition  prevails  the 
world  over,  and  it  was  recently  reported  that  a sailing  vessel 
launched  in  1776  had  been  refitted  in  Norway  and  had  again 
entered  the  ocean  trade. 


NEWARK  CELEBRATES 
Newark,  N.  J.,  celebrated  its  250th  birthday  with  a six- 
months  carnival,  one  of  the  gala  days  of  which  was  the  great 
parade  in  May  1916.  The  photograph  shows  the  New  Jersey 
National  Guard  field  artillery  passing  through  the  principal 
street.  Newark  has  a population  of  350,000.  It  was  founded 


QUARTER  MILLENNIUM  0 PTR1GHT  INT’t  FILM  BFRV1CB 

in  May,  1666,  by  Puritans  from  Connecticut,  under  Captain 
Robert  Treat  of  Milford,  who  were  dissatisfied  with  “the 
Christless  rule”  in  Connecticut  after  the  merging  of  the  New 
Haven  and  Connecticut  Colonies.  The  specific  objection  was 
that  the  right  of  franchise  was  not  limited  to  church  members. 


ITS 


Mr.  Crawford  gives  the  interesting 
story  of  the  man  who  is  stated  to  have 
the  greatest  power  in  purchasing  in 
the  markets  of  the  world  that  any  man 
has  ever  possessed. 


THAT  America,  in  her  hour  of 
necessity,  is  able  to  avail 
herself  of  the  financial  genius 
of  Bernard  M.  Baruch  is  due  to 

the  advice  of  the  work  -renowned  phrenologist,  Dr.  Fowler. 
“How  did  Bernard  happen  to  get  into  finance,’’  you  askJ 
“I'll  tell  you,”  began  his  aged  father,  Dr.  Simon  Barich. 
“It  was  a chain  of  circumstances.  You  see,  when  Bernard 
was  a boy,  we  took  him  to  Dr.  Fowler,  a thing  that  was 
quite  in  vogue  at  that  time.  We  had  intended  to  have 
him  follow  my  profession  of  medicine,  but  the 
phrenologist  said  it  would  be  a shame  to  make  a 
doctor  out  of  this  boy,  that  while  he  would 
make  a good  physician,  he  was  cut  out  for 
big  business. 

“‘He  would  make  a great  railroad 
president,  or  an  eminent  financier,’  said 
Dr.  Fowler.  ‘He  has  big  visions  and 
ought  to  be  allowed  to  cultivate  them. 

He  is  a practical  dreamer  and  could 
make  his  dreams  come  true!’  This 
did  not  make  much  of  an  impression 
on  me,  but  it  sank  deep  into  his 
mother’s  heart.  She  determined  that 
her  boy  should  establish  a name  for 
himself  in  the  financial  world.  She 
impressed  on  his  mind  from  the  be- 
ginning that  he  was  to  be  a financial 
genius. 

“One  day,  they  were  walking  down 
Fifth  Avenue.  They  passed  the  pa- 
latial home  of  the  Whitneys.  She 
pointed  it  out  to  him,  saving, 

‘Bernard,  one  day  you  will  live  in  a 
great,  big  house  like  that,  and  it  will 
be  all  your  own.’  She  believed  in  his 
future  financial  triumphs.  The  idea  was 
transferred  to  his  mind,  the  seed  was 
planted.  It  needed  only  opportunity  to  de- 
velop, which  came  about  in  a peculiar  way. 

When  Bernard  was  about  19  years  old,  his  mother 
and  I were  spending  the  summer  at  Dong  Branch, 
and  he  being  employed  in  the  city  came  down  for 
week  ends.  One  Saturday  night  Bernard  failed  to  show 
up  until  late.  His  mother  became  anxious,  and  sent  me  out 
to  find  him.  Remembering  that  most  of  the  young  bloods 
frequented  the  club  houses,  I went  to  one  of  the  fashionable 
places,  and  there  I found  him,  not  gambling  but  watching  the 
players  with  intense  interest.  His  face  was  aglow  as  he 
watched  the  high  stakes  being  lost  and  won.  I ordered  him 
home  at  once,  severely  reprimanded  him  for  visiting  such 
places  and  told  him  that  as  a punishment  he  must  take  the 
first  train  back  to  New  York  in  the  morning,  without  enjoy 
ing  his  usual  Sunday  holiday.  Bernard  obeyed  me,  but 
seemed  very  much  depressed  and  disheartened  by  my  severity 
He  was  his  mother's  darling,  and  she  noting  the  look  of 
suffering  and  humiliation  upon  his  face,  followed  him  to  the 
city  on  the  next  train  to  comfort  him.  On  the  train  she  met 
a New  York  banker  who  informed  her  that  he  was  looking 
for  a young  man  to  learn  the  banking  business.  Quick  as  a 
flash,  she  thought  of  the  advice  of  Dr.  Fowler,  and  that  this 
was  the  opportunity  for  Bernard  for  which  she  had  waited  so 
long.  He  accepted  the  position  offered.” 

Thus  began  the  financial  career  of  Bernard  M.  Baruch,  a 
career  in  which  he  has  been  exceedingly  successful. 

Mr.  Baruch  is  not  a politician;  he  had  been  too  busy 
accumulating  the  shekels  to  take  an  active  interest  in  pol.* 
tics,  until  Mr.  Wilson’s  first  campaign.  At  that  time  he  was 
invited  by  Mr.  William  F.  McCombs,  then  chairman  of  the. 
National  Democratic  Committee,  to  meet  Mr.  Wilson,  at  his 
hotel  in  New  York. 

A friend  says  in  regard  to  this  visit;  “I  am  quite  sure 
that  Bernard  would  never  have  taken  an  interest  in  politics 
or  held  any  public  office  had  it  not  been  due  to  his  intimate 
association  with  Mr.  William  F.  McCombs,  who  was  a fel- 
low member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  College  of  the 
City  of  New  York.  At  the  meetings  of  the  Board  they  be- 
came good  friends,  and  when  McCombs  took  up  the  duties  as 
Chairman  of  the  National  Democratic  Committee,  he  suc- 
ceeded in  interesting  Baruch  in  Mr.  Wilson’s  campaign  and 
arranged  a meeting  between  them.  By  the  way,  it  was  with 
the  greatest  difficulty  that  Bernard  was  persuaded  to  accept  a 
trusteeship  of  his  alma  mater.  He  said  that,  while  he  con- 
sidered it  a great  honor,  h • was  too  busy  to  engage  in  public 
affairs.  I am  convinced  that  this  acceptance  and  consequent 
intimacy  with  McCombs  is  responsible  for  his  entering  into 
national  affairs." 

In  speaking  of  this  visit  Mr.  Baruch  says:  “I  was  so 

impressed  with  the  man’s  high  ideals  and  uprightness  and 


MEN  WHO  ARE 
WINNING  THE  WAR 

BERNARD  M.  BARUCH,  KEEN  BUYER,  PURCHASING 
AGENT  FOR  THE  UNITED  STATES  GOVERNMENT 


by  WILLIAM  II.  CRAWFORD 


A BIT  OF  PRIDE  IN  LANDING  A LARGE  ONE 
MR.  BARUCH  ON  A FISHING  TRIP 


THE  END  OF  A DAY’S  HUNT— HUNTING 
IS  MR.  BARUCH’S  FAVORITE  SPORT 


breadth  of  vision,  that  I became  his 
ardent  supporter  from  that  mo- 
ment." He  contributed  liberally  to 
the  Wilson  campaign  fund  and 
worked  assiduously  among  his  finan- 
cial friends  for  Mr.  Wilson’s  elec- 
tion, but  he  took  no  part  on  the 
hustings,  for,  as  he  says,  he  never 
made  a speech  in  hi;  life.  After 
Mr.  Wilson’s  election,  he  con- 
sistently supported  him,  without 
any  political  rewards  or  desire  for 
political  advancement.  However, 
when  the  National  Council  of  Defense  was  formed,  the  bill 
also  authorized  the  appointment  of  an  advisory  commission, 
and  he  was  asked  to  become  a member  of  this  body.  Each 
cabinet  member  of  the  council  was  allowed  by  the  Presi- 
dent to  suggest  a member  of  the  advisory  commission, 
and  Baruch  was  the  selection  of  Josephus  Daniels. 
This  appointment  came  to  him,  not  as  a reward  for 
financial  contributions  or  political  activities,  but, 
because  the  country  needed  the  best  brains  in 
the  financial,  industrial  and  labor  worlds  to 
aid  in  the  management  and  conducting  of 
the  war.  The  Government  needed  men  of 
executive  ability,  men  who  had  a grasp  of 
affairs,  and  Baruch  was  chosen  as  one 
of  ‘‘the  select.”  He  accepted  the  ap- 
pointment at  a great  financial  loss, 
cutting  himself  loose  from  all  busi- 
ness and  devoting  his  entire  time 
to  the  nation’s  needs.  Dr.  Baruch 
informs  me  that  his  son  had  under- 
written a large  munition  enterprise 
that  has  become  a veritable  gold 
mine,  but,  feeling  that  he  could  not 
with  justice  to  himself,  and  the 
Government  be  placed  in  a position 
where  he  might  have  occasion  to  be 
both  selling  and  purchasing  agent,  he 
sacrificed  his  interest  and  control  at 
a loss  of  more  money  than  the  aver- 
age man  would  make  in  a lifetime. 
The  members  of  the  advisory  com- 
mission were  not  selected  in  advance  as 
particular  heads  of  the  various  boards 
afterwards  formed.  Upon  organization, 
each  member  was  assigned  to  that  duty  with 
which  he  was  most  familiar,  and  Baruch,  on  ac- 
count of  his  large  experience  in  copper  and  other 
ores,  was  made  chairman  of  the  raw  materials 
committee.  He  has  conducted  his  board  with  signal 
success.  He  originated  a policy  in  the  handling  of  the 
contracts  for  the  purchase  of  ( overnment  supplies  which 
has  since  been  adopted  by  all  the  other  members  of  the  com- 
mission. He  organized  each  individual  industry,  having  the 
members  appoint  a president  and  directors  to  manage  their 
affairs.  He  then  purchased  directly  from  each  organized  in- 
dustry, allowing  the  members  to  pro  rate  the  Governmental 
orders  among  themselves.  This  plan  has  greatly  simplified 
the  nation’s  business,  and  has  enabled  it  to  avoid  confusion 
and  delay. 

Mr.  Baruch  has  secured  the  confidence  and  cooperation  of 
big  business,  has  avoided  all  favoritism  and  has  placed  the 
Government’s  purchasing  facilities  on  a safe,  accurate,  eco- 
nomical and  speedy  basis.  So  that  for  the  first  time,  in  any 
war,  the  conventional  army  contractors  who  have  always 
amassed  fortunes  have  been  eliminated.  So  well  has  he 
conducted  the  management  of  his  board,  that  it  is  under- 
stood he  will  be  appointed  the  general  purchasing  agent  for 
the  United  States  Government  and  its  allies.  The  slogan 
will  be: 

“IF  YOU  HAVE  ANYTHING  TO  SELL  TO  UNCLE 
SAMUEL  SEE  BARUCH." 

Mr.  Baruch  prides  himself  on  the  fact  that  his  word  is  his 
bond,  that  he  has  never  gone  back  on  his  friends,  or  taken 
undue  or  unjust  advantage  of  an  enemy,  that  while  he  has 
many  enemies,  he  meets  them  fearlessly  and  his  fights  are 
conducted  above  board.  The  belief  was  widely  spread  at  the 
time  of  the  leak  in  Washington  when  the  President  gave 
out  his  peace  message  that  Baruch  had  advance  informa- 
tion as  to  the  purport  of  the  President’s  message.  This  he 
emphatically  denies: 

“In  my  entire  business  career,"  he  says,  “I  have  never  re- 
ceived or  given  or  acted  upon  any  inside  information  on 
any  subject  connected  with  financial  matters.  Inside  infor- 
mation and  credit  would  break  the  Bank  of  England.  A man 
who  depends  on  inside  information  loses  his  perspective.  I 
base  my  judgment  upon  a careful  study  of  economic  con- 
ditions and  act  accordingly.”  Even  the  cynical  Lawson 
testified  in  the  leak  trial  that  the  charges  were  false,  and 
Baruch  was  exonerated  by  the  leak  commission  in  the  most 
complimentary  manner. 

Bernard  M.  Baruch  was  born  in  Camden,  S.  C.,  on  August 
19th,  1870.  His  father  was  a famous  physician  in  South  Car- 
olina, and  a surgeon  in  the  Confederate  army  from  1862  until 
the  surrender  at  Appomattox.  His  mother’s  family,  the 
(Continued  on  page  134) 


MEN  WHO  A HE  WINNING  THE  WAR 


Marquezes,  have  been  prominent  in  the 
South  since  before  the  Revolution.  Her 
father  was  a cotton  planter,  and  she  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution.  The  Baruchs 
are  typical  Southern  gentlefolk.  It 
seemed  as  if  I had  been  suddenly  trans- 
planted into  a “before-the-war”  plan- 
tation home  when  I called  upon  the  Doctor 
and  his  wife.  The  white-haired  father  re- 
ceived me  with  the  courtly  dignity  that  is 
seen  in  the  Sputhland,  and  Mrs.  Baruch, 
with  the  queenly  grace  of  a Southern  grand- 
dame.  I instinctively  looked  around  for 
“black  mammy  ” and  Aunt  T)inah,  the  cook, 
and  Sambo,  the  family  coachman.  There 
was  no  affectation  in  their  manner,  no  false 
pride,  simply  refinement,  culture  and  intel- 
ligence. You  knew  that  this  mother  had 
implanted  in  the  mind  of  her  boy  honesty 
and  uprightness,  and  there  was  a ring  of 
truth  in  her  voice  when  she  said:  “My 

boys  never  lie.”  Manifestly  evil  char- 
acteristics do  not  spring  from  such  sources 
and  environments  as  these. 

The  family  left  the  South  as  the  sons  grew 
up  in  order  to  secure  better  educational 
advantages.  They  settled  in  New  York 
and  the  sons  entered  the  public  schools 
in  1880.  Bernard  later  completed  his 
education  at  the  College  of  the  City  of 
New  York,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  as  a Bachelor  of  Arts  when  19 
years  old.  The  day  following  his  gradua- 
tion he  went  to  work  for  Whitall,  Tatum 
& Company,  where  he  was  assigned  to  the 
task  of  weighing  the  mails,  at  the  munificent 
salary  of  $3.00  per  week.  After  being  em- 
ployed there  a year,  he  secured  the  position 
in  a small  banking  house  under  the  circum- 
stances already  related.  Later  his  father 
went  abroad  to  investigate  the  public  baths 
of  Europe,  a visit  which  resulted  in  the  pres- 
ent system  of  public  baths  in  the  United 
States,  and  took  young  Bernard  with  him. 
On  the  trip  over  he  became  acquainted  with 
a Western  business  man.  This  acquaintance 
was  the  turning  point  in  young  Baruch’s 
life.  His  new-found  friend  opened  his  eyes 
to  the  limitless  possibilities  of  financial 
enterprise  in  this  growing  and  wonderful 
country  of  ours.  He  became  thoroughly 
imbued  with  the  remarkable  opportunities 
for  unlimited  financial  success  that  could 
be  gained  by  the  utilization  of  these  as 
yet  unworked  fields.  He  came  back  to 
America  with  his  mind  fired  with  enthusiasm 
and  his  soul  ablaze  with  ambition. 

During  his  absence  his  mother  had 
secured  a position  for  him  with  the 
growing  firm  of  A.  A.  Houstnan.  Here  he 
had  an  opportunity  to  come  in  contact  with 
the  big  financial  men  of  Wall  street.  They 
were  impressed  by  his  earnestness,  by  his 
clear  business  sense  and  his  financial  fore- 
sightedness. He  made  friends  here  that 
were  helpful  to  him  in  his  subsequent  finan- 
cial career.  For  the  firm  he  engineered 
trades,  secured  influence  and  solved  finan- 
cial problems  that  made  him  invaluable  to 
them,  so  that  three  years  later  they  took 
him  into  partnership,  giving  him  an  eighth 
interest  in  the  business,  rather  than  have 
him  leave  their  employ.  So  successful  was 
he  as  a partner,  that  their  wealth  increased 
by  leaps  and  bounds.  He  entered  the  firm 


at  the  age  of  26,  and  retired  when  32,  with 
more  than  a million  dollars  capital,  although 
he  had  invested  no  money  in  the  business, 
and  had  received  no  financial  backing 
from  his  father  or  any  other  source.  His 
father  had  given  him  $600  with  which  to 
speculate  prior  to  this  time,  but  this  he  had 
promptly  lost.  This,  as  his  mother  naively 
expresses  it,  “Bernard  has  since  paid  us 
back.” 

While  a clerk  in  the  bank,  he  had  taken 
a night  course  in  public  accounting,  eco- 
nomics and  law,  and  had  passed  his  bar 
examination.  After  his  retirement  he  went 
to  Europe  for  a rest  of  six  months,  intending, 
upon  his  return,  to  take  up  the  practice  of 
law.  He  had  expected  to  remain  abroad 
for  several  years,  but  six  months  was  all 


the  loafing  he  could  do.  His  energetic  body' 
and  tireless  mind  chafed  under  the  burden 
of  idleness.  “It  was  the  hardest  six  months 
of  my  life,  when  I had  nothing  to  do,”  he 
says.  Before  he  could  begin  the  practice 
of  law,  some  of  his  business  friends,  who  had 
confidence  in  his  financial  judgment,  per- 
suaded him  to  take  a trip  o.it  West  to  in- 
vestigate conditions  for  them.  While  on  this 
trip  he  purchased  the  Liggett  & Myers 
Tobacco  Company  of  St.  Louis,  outright, 
and  sold  it  to  the  Consolidated  Tobacco 
Company.  Continuing  his  trip  to  the 
Coast,  he  purchased  the  San  Francisco 
Smelter  for  the  Guggenheim  interests. 
Both  of  these  deals  were  highly  profitable 
to  him.  They  changed  his  whole  future 
career.  He  had  secured  a taste  of  specula- 


tion on  a big  scale  in  industrial  enterprises 
for  himself.  He  had  caught  the  fever,  and 
all  chance  of  a life  of  ease  and  quiet  was 
sent  glimmering.  He  was  eager  for  the 
fray,  and  the  millions  came  piling  in.  His 
judgment  in  financial  matters  was  such 
that  everything  he  touched  turned  to  gold. 
Big  business  enterprises  had  him  engineer 
their  important  deals.  Morgan  and  Keene 
and  other  giants  of  finance  were  among  his 
patrons.  He  continued  his  success  without 
a setback  until  called  to  serve  his  country. 

Intrusted  with  the  handling  of  thousands 
of  millions  of  dollars  for  the  Government  and 
its  Allies,  Baruch  has  determined  that  he 
will  in  no  way  profit  by  the  country's  ne- 
cessity. This  sense  of  absolute  fairness  to 
his  clients,  of  which  Uncle  Sam  is  at  present 


the  sole  one,  is  illustrated  by  a story  told 
me  by  his  father.  “Mr.  Morgan  had  in- 
structed him  to  purchase  the  Louisville 
and  Nashville  Railroad.  I told  him  one 
day,  if  Morgan  is  buying  the  stock,  I 
think  I will  invest  my  little  savings  in  it 
too,  to  which  he  replied:  ‘Father,  if  you 

do,  I will  never  speak  to  you  again.  Mr. 
Morgan  has  given  me  his  confidence, 
and  if  through  my  knowledge  of  his  inten- 
tion to  secure  control  of  the  road,  he  has 
competitors  in  the  field,  even  on  a small 
scale,  it  would  be  betraying  his  confidence. 
I had  rather  give  you  the  money  than  have 
you  take  advantage  of  my  knowledge.”' 
Barney! — excuse  me,  Bernard — for  he 
objects  very  seriously,  to  being  called 
Barney,  and  attributes  this  nickname  to 


James  R.  Keene,  with  whom  he  became 
quite  friendly  while  at  Housmans.  About 
the  time  that  Baruch  became  a marked 
figure  in  the  financial  world,  Barney  Barnato 
was  the  plunger  of  the  universe.  Keene 
christened  them  the  “Two  Barneys”  and 
the  name  stuck.  Well  then,  Bernard 
Baruch  is  a tall  man;  when  you  look  at 
him,  keep  your  eyes  traveling  up  until 
they  have  reached  an  elevation  of  6 feet, 
4 inches,  and  you  will  see  his  iron  gray 
hair.  He  has  an  athletic  build,  without  a 
pound  of  superflous  flesh.  He  has  not 
lost  his  great  physical  power  and  is  able  to 
take  a 65-pound  dumb-bell  and  hoist  it  with 
one  hand  over  his  head.  His  features  are 
sharp  and  chin  strong.  He  has  a roman 
nose,  gray  eyes  which  evidence  a keen  sense 
of  humor,  together  with  a kindly  cynicism 
that  is  patently  apparent.  His  clothes  are 
well  cut  and  of  expensive  material,  but  he 
wears  them  with  a careless  negligence  that 
would  indicate  that  in  his  opinion  dress 
was  of  very  little  importance. 

His  family  ties  are  ideal.  He  and  his 
wife  are  devoted  to  each  other.  His  parents 
adore  him.  His  relationship  with  his 
brothers  is  one  of  complete  unity.  His 
three  children  worship  him.  The  servants  of 
his  household  love  him.  This  is  instanced  by 
a story  of  his  “ mammy.”  Some  years  since, 
he  and  his  father  visited  his  birthplace  in 
South  Carolina.  The  doctor,  who  was  in 
advance,  espied  an  old  negro  woman  working 
in  the  field,  and  thought  he  recognized  her 
as  the  nurse  of  his  children.  So  he  called 
her — -“Minerva,”  she  looked  up,  recognized 
the  Doctor  and  came  running  forward, 
saying:  “Lord  sake  if  dar  ain’t  Doctor 

Baruch.  How  is  you  all,  and  whar  is  my 
‘Bunch’?”  “Bunch,”  being  the  nickname 
she  had  given  Bernard  u'hen  a boy.  Just 
then,  Bernard  came  up.  “Thar  is  my  child,” 
she  exclaimed  as  she  grabbed  him.  “Her 
child”  asked  her  how  she  was  getting  along, 
and  she  told  him  mighty  poorly.  “My 
husband  he  done  dead,  and  I ain’t  struck 
no  good  white  folks  like  you-all  was  since 
you  left.”  Her  “Bunch”  purchased  her  a 
home  and  gave  her  an  annuity  sufficiently 
large  to  support  her  for  the  rest  of  her  life. 

From  friends  I have  learned  that  Mr. 
Baruch  does  a great  deal  of  unostentatious 
philanthropy.  He  has  entrusted  most  of 
this  work  to  the  hands  of  his  wife.  Mrs. 
Baruch  is  thoroughly  in  sympathy  with  her 
husband’s  desires  along  philanthropic  lines, 
and  devotes  a large  portion  of  her  time  to 
charitable  wrork.  Among  other  things,  they 
have  built  and  endowed  a hospital  in  their 
native  city.  Fe  has  given  also  a complete 
hydro-therapeutic  outfit  to  Vanderbilt 
Clinic,  and  recently  gave  $50,000  to  the  Red 
Cross  Fund.  Mr.  Baruch  is  fond  of  golf, 
but  plays  a very  poor  game.  Lis  principal 
pleasure  is  shooting  ducks  at  his  w inter  home 
in  South  Carolina.  Fie  is  particularly  fond 
of  reading  about  the  lives  of  great  men. 
Napoleon  is  his  hero  and  he  now  has  a 
large  collection  of  Napoleonano. 

Bernard  M.  Baruch,  having  risen  to  the 
top  of  the  financial  world  by  his  keenness, 
intelligence  and  industry,  is  now  devoting 
his  life  to  the  serving  of  his  country,  and 
will,  after  the  war,  utilize  his  means  and 
energy  for  the  betterment  of  his  fellow-man. 


MAJOR  GENERAL  JOHN  JOSEPH  PERSHING,  TO  WHOM,  AS  COMMANDER 
OP  THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMY  IN  FRANCE.  FAME  BECKONS 


by  WILLIAM  EL  CRAWFORD 


YOU  may  talk  about  your  Bakers,  and  your  Scotts, 
your  Hoovers  and  Baruchs;  they  have  done 
and  are  doing  excellent  work,  but  the  man- 
of-the-hour  is  Major  General  John  Joseph  Persh 
ing.  Preparatory  work  is  necessary,  directing 
heads  are  essential,  but  the  man  who  does 
things  at  the  front  is  the  man  in  the 
limelight;  he  captures  the  glory,  or 
shoulders  the  blame.  The  work  of  the 
directors  amounts  to  nothing,  unless 
the  man  commissioned  to  execute 
their  plans  has  the  ability  and  the 
courage  to  carry  them  out. 

Pershing  meets  the  crowning 
opportunity  of  his  career  under 
auspicious  circumstances.  At 
the  beginning  of  his  duties  as 
Generalissimo  of  the  Ameri- 
can forces  in  France,  he  has 
the  hearty  cooperation  of  our 
Allies;  America  is  gratified  at 
the  glorious  reception  he  has 
received  abroad,  and  behind 
him  stand  the  American 
people.  The  best  blood  of 
our  land  is  soon  to  be  at  his 
service,  and  he  has  the  unlimi- 
ted backing  of  the  Govern- 
ment, with  soldiers,  munitions 
and  money.  It  remains  to  be 
seen  whether  he  will  be  able  to 
cap  his  past  glorious  career  with 
victory  in  the  Titanic  struggle  for 
universal  liberty.  Germany,  which 
has  consistently  scouted  the  possibility 
of  America’s  landing  a sufficient  force  in 
France  to  be  of  efficient  service  to  our 
Allies,  is  due  to  have  a rude  awakening. 

Pershing  has  already  a considerable  force  of 
American  soldiers,  who  have  been  trained  in  the 
Philippines  and  in  the  Mexican  campaign.  These 
men  will  be  able  to  give  an  excellent  account  of 
themselves.  Within  a few  months,  there  will  be  added  to 
his  forces  hundreds  of  thousands  of  National  Guardsmen,  and 
still  later  six  hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  men,  which 
are  to  compose  the  first  National  Army,  a very  respectable 
showing  for  a country  that  Germany  thought  was  of  such  little 
military  importance  that  she  might  insult  it  with  impunity. 

Americans  will  be  interested  in  knowing  something  of  the 
personality,  ability  and  history  of  the  man  into  whose  hands 
the  momentous  task  has  been  intrusted.  Pershing  was  born 
in  i860  on  a farm  in  Missouri.  His  mother  was  a Tennessean,  and  he 
inherits  Southern  chivalry  and  Western  hardihood.  In  his  boyhood 
days,  he  was  inspired  by  the  example  of  General  Grant  to  become  a 
soldier.  The  acme  of  his  ambitions  was  to  march 
at  the  head  of  troops  and  hear  the  "bugle  sound  an 
advance.  However,  there  seemed  little  likelihood 
that  his  ambitions  would  ever  be  realized.  Like  Agri- 
cola, he  was  following  the  plow  when  informed  that 
he  had  received  an  appointment  to  West  Point.  It 
was  by  chance  that  he  was  allowed  to  enter  the  army. 

The  Congressman  from  his  district  was  anxious  to 
secure  the  country  vote,  and  looking  over  his  list  of 
rustic  applicants  he  picked  out  the  name  of  young 
Pershing  at  random.  It  was  a lucky  selection  for 
America  when  his  hands  lighted  upon  the  application 
of  this  country  ploughboy. 

General  McIntyre,  who  was  a classmate  of  Pershing 
at  West  Point,  says  "he  was  a husky  youth, 
more  than  six  feet  tall,  spare,  brawny,  muscular, 
and  was  considerably  older  than  the  average  youth 
on  entering  the  academy,  having  reached  the  age  of 
twenty-two.”  His  face  was  ruddy  and  thoroughly 
browned  by  the  Missouri  sun  and  his  life  in  the  open 
had  given  him  splendid  health. 

The  more  elite  West  Pointers  from  the  effete  East 
were  inclined  to  poke  fun  at  the  rustic  Southerner, 
but  they  did  not  laugh  long.  A few  interesting 
fights  in  true  West  Point  style  backed  up  by  evidence 
of  his  Hotspur  temper  soon  convinced  hazers  that 
they  could  find  other  subjects  of  merriment  that  were 
safer.  Pershing  was  green,  but  his  uprightness  and 
courage  carried  him  safely  over  pitfalls  that  usually 
beset  the  path  of  a country  boy.  He  was  not 
an  excellent  student,  standing  about  the  middle 
of  his  class,  which  was,  by  the  way,  the  largest  that 
had  ever  entered  West  Point,  but  he  was  a born 


GENERAL  PERSHING  ON  THE  MARCH 
No  other  soldier  in  the  ar.ny  has  seen  more  active  service 
than  the  commander  of  the  American  expeditionary  force. 
He  is  seen  here  fording  a river  on  his  expedition  into  Mexico 
after  Villa. 


JUST  BEFORE  LEAVING  FOR  FRANCE 


This  portrait  photograph  of  Major  General  Pershing  was  taken 
in  Washington  a few  days  before  he  sailed  to  prepare  for  the  arrival 
of  the  American  army. 


soldier.  Books  and  book  knowledge 
W'ere  to  him  unfortunate  adjuncts 
to  learning  the  profession  of  arms. 
He  took  to  military  training  from 
the  beginning,  securing  as  a third 
classman  the  rank  of  first  corporal,  and  in  his  third  year 
that  of  first  sergeant,  these  ranks  being  the  highest  attain- 
able by  a student  in  his  second  and  third  years.  He 
graduated  as  senior  captain  of  the  corps  of  cadets, 
this  showing  that  he  was  regarded  by  the 
military  officers  as  the  most  ideal  soldier  of  his 
class.  It  is  more  remarkable  when  it  is  re- 
membered that  in  class  standing  one-half 
of  the  students  surpassed  him,  and  scho- 
lastic standing  counts  for  a percentage 
in  the  selection  of  officers. 

Pershing  took  a great  interest  in 
athletics,  and  was  the  best  horse- 
man at  West  Point,  being  able 
to  vie  with  circus  performers  as 
a skilled  bareback  rider.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  expert 
cavalrymen  that  ever  rode  at 
West  Point.  He  graduated 
in  1886  and  was  assigned  to 
a cavalry  regiment  then 
stationed  in  Arizona,  where 
he  distinguished  himself 
within  a year  by  performing 
a feat  of  endurance  that  has 
rarely,  if  ever,  been  equaled 
in  the  American  army.  Gen- 
eral Miles  officially  compli- 
mented him  for  having  brought 
a body  of  soldiers  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  miles  in  forty- 
six  hours  without  the  loss  of 
a horse  or  a trooper.  Not 
even  so  much  as  a canteen  was 
missing. 

The  young  officer  took  part  under 
General  Garr  in  the  pursuit  and  cap- 
ture of  Geronimo,  the  Apache,  who 
had  caused  the  United  States  so 
much  trouble,  following  him  far 
beyond  the  Mexican  border.  His 
western  campaigns  were  not 
directed  solely  against  the  red 
man.  The  cattle  thief  and  out- 
law learned  to  respect  and  fear 
the  rugged  young  officer.  On 
one  occasion  he  caotured  with- 
out firing  a gun  a body  of  des- 
peradoes who  had  sworn  to  die  with  their  boots  on  rather  than 
surrender;  but  recognizing  the  bravery  and  dogged  deter- 
mination of  the  young  cavalryman,  they  surrendered  without 
resistance.  After  the  subduing  of  the  West  was  accomplished, 
Pershing  was  ordered  to  the  State  University  of  Nebraska 
as  military  instructor.  The  effect  of  his  military  genius  is  still 
shown  in  this  school,  the  Government  having  recognized  it  as  one 
of  the  schools  of  sufficient  military  excellence  to  allow  the  appoint- 
ment of  some  of  its  graduates  to  commissions  in  the 
United  States  Army. 

While  stationed  at  Lincoln,  he  met  two  young 
men  and  they  became  bosom  friends.  They  were 
classed  by  a humorous  paragrapher  in  a Lincoln 
paper  as  “The  Three  Musketeers.”  Strange  as  it 
may  seem  these  three  men  afterward  became 
famous;  each  succeeded  in  reaching  the  top  of  his 
chosen  field.  Charles  E.  Magoon  had  a predeliction 
for  diplomacy,  so  much  so,  that  in  semi-humorous 
conceit  his  chums  called  him  the  “Ambassador.” 
Magoon  afterward  became  Governor  General  of  Cuba, 
and  directed  the  affairs  of  the  island  republic  so  well 
that  he  converted  it  from  a revolution-ridden  island, 
near  to  bankruptcy,  into  a prosperous,  peaceful  coun- 
try. Jesse  Burkett  had  a view  for  statescraft  and  used 
to  spout  to  his  friends  political  economy  with  all  the 
wisdom  of  a Webster;  later  he  became  L'nited  States 
Senator  from  Nebraska.  John  J.  Pershing,  the  third 
musketeer,  was  dubbed  the  “General”  and  is  today 
the  outstanding  military  figure  of  America.  The 
three  met  while  attending  law  school,  for  Pershing 
utilized  his  idle  hours  while  at  the  University  by 
studying  law,  taking  the  degree  of  LL.B. 

His  excellent  showing  as  a military  instructor  at 
the  University  of  Nebraska  attracted  the  attention 
of  the  War  Department,  and  he  was  assigned  to  West 
Point  as  an  instructor  in  military  tactics.  At  the 
Academy  he  was  thoroughly  hated  by  the  boys  who 
tried  to  shirk  and  equally  loved  by  those  who  tried 
to  do  their  duty,  for  he  had  already  developed  his 
striking  characteristics  of  being  kind  and  forbearing 


MEN  WHO  A ME  WINNING  THE  WAR 


to  the  faithful,  but  unusually  stern  to 
shirkers  and  recalcitrants.  This  character- 
istic, as  will  be  shown  later,  served  him  to 
advantage  in  the  Philippines. 

During  the  Spanish-American  war,  Persh- 
ing went  with  his  regiment  to  Cuba,  where 
he  greatly  distinguished  himself  for  his 
bravery  and  daring.  The  colonel  of  his 
regiment  said  of  him:  11 1 have  never  known 
a man  so  cool  under  fire.” 

Returning  to  the  States  he  assisted  in 
the  organization  of  the  Bureau  of  Insular 
Affairs  and  as  its  chief  did  excellent  work. 

Later  he  was  sent  to  the  Philippines, 
where  he  was  selected  by  General  Otis  to 
subdue  the  Moros  around  Lake  Lenao. 
These  were  a warlike  race  of  fanatical 
Mohammedans.  They  did  not  understand 
the  benevolent  intentions  of  the  United 
States  toward  them,  but  believed  that  we  in- 
tended to  destroy  their  religion  and  make 
slaves  of  them;  therefore,  they  fought  with 
the  daring  desperation  of  religious  fanatics. 
Captain  Pershing  marched  his  little  body  of 
troops  into  their  territory.  He  sent  for  their 
sultan  and  told  him  that  he  wanted  to  be 
his  friend,  but  that  the  authority  of  the 
United  States  must  be  recognized. 

Pershing  temporized  with  him,  in  order  to 
arrive  at  a peaceful  conclusion  of  the  con- 
troversy. Finally,  his  patience  exhausted,  he 
announced  to  the  sultan  that  after  a certain 
date  force  would  be  used  in  carrying  out  his 
commands.  The  sultan  laughed  with  scorn. 
Was  he  not  in  his  mountain  fastness,  sur- 
rounded by  impassable  roads,  and  were  not 
his  warriors  in  a crater  of  an  extinct  volcano? 
Was  he  not  a true  believer  and  a descendant 
of  the  Prophet?  No  handful  of  American 
troops  could  overcome  him  or  drive  him 
from  his  stronghold. 

At  the  appointed  ti  me  Pershing  advanced 
to  the  foot  of  the  mountain.  He  cut  circular 
roads  around  its  base,  and  thoroughly 
picketed  them  with  his  troops.  His  sultan- 
ship  soon  saw  that  he  was  in  for  a siege  that 
meant  starvation.  He  made  several  sorties 
which  were  brilliantly  repulsed.  Finally  he 
surrendered.  Instead  of  treating  his  con- 
quered enemies  cruelly  as  they  had  been 
accustomed  to  being  treated  by  the  Span- 
iards, he  met  them  with  a “howdy,  let’s  be 
friends,"  and  with  promises  that  as  long  as 
they  respected  the  laws  and  recognized  the 
authority  of  the  United  States  they  would 
be  helped  rather  than  hindered. 

Following  service  against  the  Moros, 
Pershing  was  called  to  Washington  as  a 
member  of  the  General  Staff.  In  1905  he 
went  to  Tokio  as  military  attache  and  as 
military  observer  attached  to  the  staff  of 
Kuroki’s  army  saw  the  severe  fighting 
in  Manchuria.  He  was  a deeply  interested 
student  while  with  the  Japanese  forces, 
using  his  eyes  and  ears  to  advantage  and 


allowing  nothing  to  escape  him.  Alone 
at  night  he  would  plan  out  his  method  of 
attack  as  if  he  were  in  command,  his  re- 
ports to  the  Government  on  the  war  were 
very  instructive  and  of  inestimable  value 
in  making  preparations  for  future  conflicts. 

At  the  end  of  the  war  he  was  returned  to 
the  Philippines  as  Commander  of  Min- 
danao and  Governor  of  Moro  Province. 

In  his  new  and  larger  field,  he  utilized  the 
same  policy  of  kindness,  gentleness  and  fair- 
ness to  those  who  were  tractable,  that  he 
had  used  in  his  former  experience.  To  the 
recalcitrants  and  rebels  he  showed  the  iron 
hand  of  power.  One  of  the  early  acts  of  his 
administration  was  at  the  time  severely 
criticized,  but  has  since  proved  to  be  of 
great  advantage  in  the  pacification  of  the 
country.  Weapons  were  as  much  an  article 
of  apparel  among  the  natives  as  were 
swords  in  feudal  times.  No  self-respecting 
native  went  unarmed.  Pershing  soon  saw 
that  it  was  dangerous  to  the  peace  of  the 
community  for  a turbulent,  dissatisfied  race 
to  be  in  possession  of  weapons.  So  he 
issued  an  order  that  on  and  after  a certain 
date  no  Moros  should  be  allowed  to  possess 
any  arms. 

This  hurt  their  pride  of  race  and  incited 
new  rebellions,  which  he  promptly  and 
vigorously  suppressed,  but  with  so  much 
justice  that  these  same  enemies  became  his 
fast  friends.  They  learned  to  respect  him 
because  they  knew  that  his  word  could  be 
depended  upon.  That  while  he  would  be 
firm  he  would  treat  them  with  justice  and 
fairness.  These  qualities  they  found  in 
Pershing,  therefore  they  loved  him.  He 
recognized  their  rights  to  their  religion, 
and  their  duty  of  obedience  to  their  heredi- 
tary rulers.  He  gave  them  liberty  as  fast  as 
they  earned  it.  They  were  apt  pupils.  So 
rapidly  did  they  become  civilized  and  ca- 
pable that  on  his  recommendation  civil 
government  was  established,  giving  them 
representation  in  the  Philippine  Congress, 
and  allowing  them,  under  an  appointed 
governor,  to  manage  their  own  affairs.  So 
thoroughly  did  the  natives  respect  Pershing 
that  they  elected  him  a hereditary  datto, 
with  powers  of  life  and  death. 

President  Roosevelt  was  so  much  im- 
pressed with  Captain  Pershing’s  rule  that 
he  advanced  him  to  a brigadier-generalship, 
over  the  heads  of  a large  number  of  officers. 
This  aroused  considerable  opposition  in  the 
army,  and  was  taken  up  by  Congress  when 
his  confirmation  was  proposed.  He  had 
married  the  charming  daughter  of  Francis 
E.  Warren,  who  was  chairman  of  the  Mili- 
tary Affairs  Committee  of  the  United  States 
Senate.  His  political  enemies  openly  said 
that  the  President  was  influenced  by  the 
desire  to  please  Pershing’s  father-in-law. 
This  statement  so  riled  the  President  that  he 


sent  one  of  his  accustomed  vigorous  letters 
to  the  senator  saying  he  had  forgotten  that 
Pershing  was  a son-in-law  of  a senator  when 
he  nominated  him  for  a generalship,  and 
since  it  would  be  infamy  to  advance  a man 
because  he  was  a son-in-law  of  a senator, 
it  would  be  equally  infamous  to  refuse  to 
advance  him  on  that  account. 

Pershing  returned  to  America  broken  in 
health  from  the  enervating  climate  of  the 
Philippines.  In  1916  he  wras  ordered,  under 
General  Funston,  to  command  the  punitive 
expedition  into  Mexico  for  the  capture  of 
Villa,  f e showed  great  executive  ability 
and  thorough  military  genius  in  this  expedi- 
tion. Though  greatly  inconvenienced  by 
the  refusal  of  Carranza  to  allow  the  use  of 
trains  for  the  transportation  of  supplies,  he 
marched  his  men  into  Mexico  with  great 
rapidity.  By  the  establishment  of  wagon 
and  automobile  roads  to  his  base  of  sup- 
plies, he  succeeded  in  provisioning  his  army, 
in  a semi-hostile  country.  By  his  tact  and 
skilful  management  he  kept  up  the  prestige 
of  the  American  army  without  offending  the 
high-spirited  Mexicans.  It  was  a most 
severe  diplomatic  test  and  he  met  it  with 
success.  That  he  did  not  return  to  America 
with  Villa  in  chains  was  no  fault  of  his. 
Washington  was  anxious  to  avoid  a rupture 
with  the  de-facto  Mexican  government. 
Pershing  was,  therefore,  halted  in  his  ad- 
vance, and  ordered  to  return  without  his 
prisoner.  Soon  after  his  return  war  was 
declared  with  Germany  and  he  was  made 
commander  of  the  American  expeditionary 
forces. 

His  past  training  has  eminently  fitted 
him  for  his  work  abroad.  He  has  had  more 
experience  in  actual  warfare  than  any  other 
of  our  generals.  He  has  the  confidence  of 
the  Government,  of  his  officers  and  of  the 
soldiery.  He  has  hitherto  shown  himself 
an  able  soldier  and  a shrewd  strategist. 
With  the  experience  of  a lifetime  to  guide 
him,  and  the  confidence  and  support  of 
America,  he  should  make  a glorious  record 
for  American  arms  and  an  imperishable 
name  for  himself. 

John  J.  Pershing  is  a tall,  erect,  spare 
man.  He  has  strong  features,  a strong 
mouth  which  he  uses  but  little,  but  what  he 
says  is  to  the  point.  He  has  a natural  reserve 
that  makes  him  appear  stern,  but  in  his 
moments  of  relaxation,  he  is  most  charming 
in  manner.  His  reticence  has  been  greatly 
accentuated  by  a great  sorrow7  which  came 
into  his  life  when  his  wife  and  three  little 
ones  lost  their  lives  in  a fire  in  the  Presidio 
at  San  Francisco.  His  sternness  is  mixed 
with  melancholy,  and  yet  when  he  warms 
up  his  face  is  lighted  with  animation,  and  his 
conversation  attracts  attention  by  his  di- 
rectness and  the  forceful  manner  in  which 
he  expresses  himself,  yet  he  is  no  orator.  H e 


can  address  his  soldiers  upon  military  affairs, 
but  this  seems  to  be  the  limit  of  his  elocution- 
ary powers.  He  is  democratic  and  simple  in 
his  manners,  has  no  false  pride  and  is 
readily  approachable  by  men  who  have 
business  with  him.  General  Pershing  speaks 
with  a most  pronounced  Southern  drawl, 
and  belies  the  statement  that  all  Southerners 
are  lazy,  for  he  is  one  of  the  hardest-worked 
men  in  the  army. 

Pershing’is  a "firing-line”  general.  With 
him  it  never  is  “go  charge  the  enemy”  but 
“come  on,  boys,”  That  his  duties  as  com- 
mander-in-chief of  the  American  forces  in 
France  will  prevent  him  from  being  on  the 
firing-line  will  be  the  hardest  part  of  his 
task.  He  never  was  a telephone  or  courier 
commander.  He  likes  to  ride  at  the  head  of 
his  troops.  He  likes  to  be  in  the  thick  of  the 
fight,  and  I do  not  doubt  from  what  I know 
of  the  man  that  at  the  hour  of  battle  he  will 
forsake  his  headquarters  for  the  field.  Like 
the  old  fire  horse  he  will,  when  he  hears  the 
music  of  the  booming  cannon  and  the  shrill 
tenor  of  the  small  arm  fire,  be  unable  to  re- 
strain himself,  and  will  be  found,  like  Henry 
of  Navarre,  where  the  battle  rages  fiercest. 
On  one  occasion  in  Mexico  it  was  necessary 
for  me  to  see  General  Pershing.  I asked 
an  old  sergeant  where  he  could  be  found, 
and  he  answered  in  a tone  of  disgust 
and  surprise  at  my  ignorance  of  the  man, 
“At  the  front;  where  did  you  expect  to 
find  him.” 

The  anecdote  told  about  von  Moltke, 
the  silent,  is  equally  appropriate  for  Gen- 
eral Pershing.  Some  humorous  biographer 
said  von  Moltke  could  keep  silent  in  seven- 
teen languages.  Yet  that  great  soldier 
cannot  surpass  Pershing  in  his  proverbial 
silence,  and  I am  not  sure  that  he  was 
superior  to  him  in  linguistic  ability,  for 
Pershing  speaks  many  languages,  and  know's 
most  of  the  Philippine  dialects.  He  can 
converse  with  the  Moro,  or  the  Tagalog, 
and  is  acquainted  with  that  peculiar  hodge 
podge  spoken  by  the  natives  around  the 
cities  of  the  Philippines,  which  is  a strange 
mixture  of  Spanish,  English  and  their 
native  tongues. 

I believe  that  General  Pershing’s  cam- 
paign will  resemble  that  of  General  Grant. 
He  w'ill  display  the  same  bulldog  determina- 
tion that  was  shown  by  our  hero  of  the  war 
in  1861-65.  No  amount  of  reverses  will 
discourage  him,  no  amount  of  successes  turn 
his  head,  or  over-elate  him.  He  will  proceed 
in  a masterly  manner  without  let-up  to  at- 
tack the  enemy  and  overpower  him 
by  the  strength  of  numbers.  He  will 
display  the  same  indomitable  energy  and 
persistence,  and  when  he  has  finally 
overcome  them,  he  will  further  resemble 
Grant  by  his  magnanimous  treatment  of 
the  fallen  foe. 


Strange  Ways  of 
Modern  Warfare 


No  construction  so  far 
devised  has  been  able  to 
resist  the  projectile  hurled 
through  the  air  by  the 
“Minnenwerfer”  (mine- 
thrower) which  German 
mechanical  ingenuity  de- 
vised to  magnify  the  horror 
of  the  grenade.  When  the 
great  black  shape  comes 
hurtling  through  the  air 
there  is  just  one  thing  to 
do — run.  It  comes  so 
slowly  that  it  can  be  dodged, 
but  its  objective  is  usually 
the  bomb-proof  itself  which 
is  no  proof  at  all  against 
this  giant  bomb. 


CBHTRAL  NEWS  SERVICE  (J.  8.  SULLIVAN) 

This  balloon  kite  attached  to  a drifter  in  the  British  navy  off  the  English  coast  makes 
the  best  sort  of  lookout  post.  The  balloons  have  been  of  great  value  in  the  war  in 
offering  a possibility  of  getting  long-distance  views.  From  such  heights  one  sees  a 
hundred  miles.  Only  from  the  air  can  observers  spy  out  submarines.  It  is  prac- 
tically impossible  to  sight  a periscope  from  the  bridge  or  lookout  station  of  a ship. 


PICTORIAL  PRESS 


These  great  wooden  cylinders  wound  with  steel  wires  which  throw  a projectile 
almost  a yard  and  a half  in  length  were  captured  in  the  last  Somme  drive.  They 
are  now  resting  in  the  Invalides  as  souvenirs  of  a form  of  German  Schrecklichkeii. 
V Formerly  the  Allies  had  no  counter- weapon  to  meet  the  giant -bomb  throwers,  but 
new  the  British  have  perfected  a machine  more  powerful  and  simpler. 


Hurling  a shell  equal  in  size  to  and  more  deadly  in  destructiveness  than  that  of 
the  170  gun,  this  mortar,  though  short  in  range,  will  reduce  any  known  form  of  forti- 
fication to  bits.  This  weapon  was  captured  on  the  heights  of  Marcevo  by  the 
French  and  a similar  model  was  brought  to  this  country  and  exhibited  in  New  ^ ork 
at  the  Heroland  Bazaar.  It  is  shown  loaded  in  another  photograph. 


The  great  name  of  Gari- 
baldi has  carried  out  its  best 
tra<  itions  in  Italy's  hour 
of  trial.  General  Peppino 
Garibaldi,  grandson  of  the 
liberator,  is  seen  above  sur- 
rounded by  American  and 
British  newspaper  men. 


The  pipes  that  have  so 
often  heartened  the  Scots- 
men to  deeds  that  carried 
the  day  were  never  more 
welcome  than  when  they 
sounded  the  relief  on  the 
plains  of  Venice.  These 
troops  were  part  of  a 
Scotch  regiment  on  their 
way  to  the  Piave  front;  they 
were  hurried  there  in  the 
rick  of  time  to  stem  the 
Austro-German  drive  that 
threat ened  Venice,  the 
I 'and  City,  and  all  of 
Italy. 


For  the  Eternal  City 

France  and  Briton  Reinforce  the  Italian  Line 

Exclusive  Photographs  from  the  Press  Illustrating  Service 


m, 


**«"fc*=* 


France  answered  the  call  of 
a sister-nation  in  distress 
and  the  cheering  sight  of 
the  sturdy  poilu  in  his 
horizon  blue  put  new  1 

courage  into  the  bat-  / 

tered  Italian  armies.  | 
The  picture  abovp 
shows  French  troops 
marching  to  the  front 
through  an  Italian 
town. 


Perhaps  no  fighters 
have  suffered  more  19 
hardships  in  the  war  \ 
than  the  sol  hers  of  Italy,  ' 
hardships  that  have  come 
in  a war  against  rock  and 
ice  in  the  Alps.  In  this  ’ 

shell-scarred  trench  (on  the 
left)  an  Italian  barber  is  plying 
his  trade  serenelv. 


One  more  of  Italy’s  respon- 
sibilities is  the  occupation 
of  the  little  country  of 
Albania,  a nation  born  of 
one  war  only  to  suffer  under 
another,  but  brave  enough 
to  furnish  a few  of  her  sons 
to  the  Allied  cause.  The 
picture  above  shows  a 
mitrailleuse  manned  by  Al- 
banian soldiers. 


Jerusalem  Under  the  Cross 


ZIHN 

To  secure  pure  water  for  surgical  purposes  is  one  of  the  difficulties  of  desert  fighting.  In  fact,  water  has 
been  a great  problem  in  the  operations  in  Palestine.  Here  is  a Hindu  soldier  operating  a pressure  filter 

to  obtain  pure  water  for  the  sureeons. 


Jerusalem,  for  which  millions  of  crusaders  and  soldiers  have  aied  in  the  past  ten  centuries,  is  now  held  by  a 
British  army  under  General  Allenby.  The  Turks  surrendered  the  city  on  December  9.  The  campaign  in  the 
Holy  Land  began  last  spring.  The  airplanes  in  the  picture  were  covered  with  netting  to  prevent  warping 

in  the  hot  sun. 


Wounded  Turkish  soldier  prisoners  are  being  transferred  from  the  front 
line  to  a base  hospital  on  the  backs  of  camels.  Often  the  camel  line 
stretched  for  miles  across  the  broken  country  over  which  the  British 
army  passed.  When  General  Allenby  entered  Jerusalem  he  did  so  on 
foot  surrounded  by  the  military  attaches  of  the  Allies. 


Here  is  Tommy  with  a talkative  Arab  sheik  who  was  under  arrest.  Early  in  November  the  British  captured 
Beer-sheba,  forty  miles  south  of  Jerusalem.  Also  a coastal  column  penetrated  the  Ottoman  lines  southeast  of 
Gaza  and  by  November  7 Gaza  was  taken.  Above  at  the  right  is  a camp  of  wanderers  near  a town  in  Palestine. 


In  Italy 
and 

Flanders 

The  heaviest  fighting  of  iqij  has  been  on 
the  Italian  front  and  in  northern  France. 
One  mountainous , the  other  flat  and  marshy , 
they  offer  entirely  different  problems  for 
overcoming  nature  in  man's  great  battle  for 
supremacy , but  strange  to  say  the  break  in  the 
clinch  of  trench  warfare  came  in  the  moun- 
tains of  Italy. 


\ 


A case  of  pick  up  your  board  and  walk.  These  removable  cork 
walks  played  an  important  part  in  many  recent  successful  attacks 
in  Flanders  and  France,  not  only  in  aiding  foot  troops  to  cross  the 
marsh  lands,  but  also  in  bringing  up  supplies  and  cannon. 


The  all-pervading  gas  is  no  respecter  of  persons  and  does 
not  confine  its  diabolical  work  to  the  fighting  forces.  It 
steals  its  way  far  back  of  the  firing  line,  and  has  overcome 
peasants  who  were  not  properly  equipped  to  fight  it. 
Every  village  in  the  fighting  zone  is  now  equipped  for 
combating  the  deadly  tool  of  Kultur.  This  entire  family 
is  furnished  with  gas  masks  from  baby  to  grandparent- 


On  the  Italian  front,  after  the  disas- 
trous drive  by  the  combined  Austro- 
German  forces,  the  Allies  awakened 
to  the  need  of  reinforcing  Italy  with 
men  as  well  as  with  money  and  muni- 
tions. Quick  action  in  dispatching 
relief  from  the  western  battle-front 
aided  Italy  materially  by  renewing 
the  morale  of  her  troops,  although  she 
had  already  checked  the  Teuton 
tide  sweeping  on  to  Venice.  Perhaps 
at  this  juncture  the  American  troops 
in  France  served  a great  purpose, 
for  they  were  ready  to  relieve  the 
French  and  British  sent  to  Italy’s 
aid.  The  picture  shows  Italian  rein- 
forcements on  the  road  to  defensive 
positions  along  the  Piave  River. 


Streams  offer  little  resistance  to  the  fighting  men  of  all  armies- 
Numerous  ways  are  adopted  of  crossing  them,  but  in  Flanders 
where  many  of  the  rivers  are  shallow,  simple  portable  bridges  are 
used.  They  also  serve  in  traversing  marshy  land  that  would  im- 
pede progress.  An  experiment  in  gas  attack  is  under  way  in  the 
picture  above. 


From  Outlying 
Points  They  Flock 
to  the 

Stars  and  Stripes 


NEWMAN  AND  BROWN  <&  DAWSON 

Porto  Rico  volunteers  have  taken  the  places  of  regulars  who  have  gone  to  Panama  to  guard  the  Canal, 
thus  releasing  trained  men  for  the  front  in  France.  It  is  not  difficult  to  get  volunteers  for  the  service  in 
Porto  Rico,  for  the  pay  of  the  soldier  and  the  quarters  he  is  given  far  surpass  anything  to  which  the 

Porto  Rican  has  been  accustomed. 


HUC.H  R.  MILLER 

American  Indian  nurses  trained  at  Carlisle  Indian  School  are  seen  above.  Many  Indian  nurses 
have  taken  up  work  in  hospitals  in  this  country,  and  others  are  already  in  Red  Cross  units  at  the 

French  front. 


BROWN  A/  I*aW80N 


At  the  left  above  is  shown  a native  chief  of  the  Samoan  Islands  in  full 
war  dress,  and  at  the  right  a native  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 
Until  the  outbreak  of  the  world  war  the  control  of  the  Samoan  Islands 
was  divided  between  Germany  and  the  United  States.  In  1914  Ger- 
man Samoa  was  captured  by  an  expeditionary  force  from  New  Zea- 
land. Natives  such  as  those  above  are  used  in  constabulary  work 
under  the  command  of  U.  S.  marines. 


^ MO  NALLT 

England  found  her  colonials  lall.ving  around  the  royal  standard  and  likewise  the 
United  States  found  a kindred  spirit  among  insular  citizens.  Hawaii,  though  over 
2000  miles  from  the  mainland,  has  a training  camp  all  its  own  where  100  business 
men  are  trying  for  officers’  straps.  In  the  National  Guard  of  Hawaii  are  1000 
Filipinos,  ready  to  fight  as  hard  for  Uncle  Sam  as  they  once  were  to  fight  him. 


Hawaii  has  the  first  United  States  military  unit  composed  entirely  of 
Japanese  ever  enrolled  under  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  and  it  is  hoped  this 
will  be  a bond  cementing  the  friendship  of  Japan  and  the  United  States. 
Every  Japanese  member  of  the  unit  is  Hawaiian  born.  Above  Hawaii  militia- 
aaen  are  seen  at  bayonet  practice  and  the  picture  to  the  right  shows  what 


clothes  can  do  to  a Filipino.  Hawaii’s  fighting  forces  probably  include  representatives  of 
more  nationalities  than  those  of  any  ether  section  of  the  Union. 


Destruction 

at 

Stricken 

Halifax 

Photographs  from 
International  Film  Service 


When  the  shock  came  at 
the  instant  the  Mont  Blanc 
blew  up,  thousands  of  persons 
believed  the  Germans  were 
bombarding  the  city.  Sur- 
vivors report  that  the  force 
of  the  explosion  was  terrible, 
many  persons  being  killed  by 
the  concussion;  hundreds  were 
hurled  against  buildings,  posts 
and  pavement  with  such  force 
that  they  died  instantly. 
Practically  all  the  northern 
and  older  part  of  Halifax, 
known  as  Richmond,  was 
shattered  by  the  terrific- 
concussion  or  wiped  out  by 
the  fires  that  started  at  once. 
The  more  modern  part,  be- 
tween North  Street  and 
Pleasant  Point,  was  shaken 
as  by  an  earthquake,  but 
the  more  solid  buildings  re- 
sisted serious  damage  to  a 
large  extent.  The  monstrous 
energy  suddenly  released  by 
the  blast  swept  irregularly 
over  the  country  about 
Halifax.  It  did  vast  damage 
in  Dartmouth,  across  the 
bay.  The  concussion  broke 
windows  sixty-one  miles  off 
and  killed  a telegrapher  at  his 
desk  four  miles  from  the  bay. 
In  the  picture  above  is  a 
demolished  church. 


The  great  loss  of  life  was  in 
the  Richmond  district.  This 
is  built  up  for  the  most  part 
of  small  wooden  houses  on 
narrow  streets.  Most  of  the 
dwellings  were  exposed  to 
the  full  violence  of  the  blow. 
Much  of  this  section  was  flat- 
tened to  the  ground.  Women 
at  home,  children  at  school 
and  men  at  work  were  caught 
and  crushed  in  a twinkling 
when  their  buildings  sprung 
down  on  them  like  traps. 
When  those  who  had  escaped 
crushing  in  the  wreckage 
could  recover  themselves  they 
found  fire  in  several  spots  in 
the  Richmond  section.  Noth- 
ing could  save  great  tracts 
from  being  burned  over,. 
The  dead  will  probably  never 
be  more  than  approximately 
known  because  of  the  many 
families  of  whom  no  trace 
except  burned  bones  is  left. 


' 


CUBA’S  GREATEST  GALA  DAY  DRAWS  QUARTER  OF  A MILLION 
In  May,  1316,  the  Independence  Day  of  the  Republic  of  Cuba,  Havana  took  the  lead  in  the  nation- 
wide celebration  by  dedicating  a magnificent  monument  to  General  Antonio  Maceo,  the  Cuban  patriot. 
More  than  250,000  people  attended  the  unveiling,  and  5,000  men  marched  in  the  parade.  The  soldiers, 
who  were  trained  by  United  States  army  officers,  presented  an  imposing  spectacle.  Cuba  owes  its 
independence  to  the  United  States,  which  freed  it  from  Spanish  misrule  and  without  selfishness  or  reward 
placed  the  island  republic  on  its  feet  as  an  independent  nation;  an  example  of  national  magnanimity 

that  has  no  parallel  in  history. 


AFTER-DINNER  SPEAKING 

In  May,  1916,  the  Seattle,  Wash.,  Chamber  of  Commerce  held  a banquet  at  the  Hotel  Wash- 
ington, in  Seattle,  and  invited  the  Hon.  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  and  Mr.  John  A.  Sleicher,  of 
New  York,  to  make  the  addresses.  But  it  was  not  necessary  for  these  gentlemen  to  journey 
across  the  continent.  They  merely  went  to  the  Western  Union  offices  in  New  York,  where  , 


F.  B.  HOWELL 

ACROSS  THE  CONTINENT 

special  telephonic  connections  had  been  established,  and  spoke  to  an  audience  3,184  miles  away. 
The  small  oval  picture  above  shows  Mr.  Depew  speaking  into  the  transmitter  and  Mr.  Sleicher 
listening  for  the  frequent  applause.  The  large  picture  shows  the  banqueters  listening  to  the 
speeches  through  individual  receivers  with  which  the  tables  were  equipped. 


MAGNIFICENT  PARADE  OF  WOMEN 


NEW  YORK’S  GREAT  SUFFRAGE  DEMONSTRATION  PASSING  LESLIE’S  OFFICE 


October  23,  1916,  a parade  was  held  in  New  York  City  in  favor  of  woman 
suffrage  in  which  more  than  30,000  women  took  part.  Not  only  in  size 
but  in  management,  picturesque  features  and  enthusiasm  it  was  the  great- 
est parade  ever  organized  by  women.  The  day  was  cool  and  fair  and  the 
route  of  the  parade  along  Fifth  avenue  from  Washington  Square  to  Fifty- 


ninth  street  was  lined  with  spectators.  The  demonstration  was  received 
with  more  enthusiasm  than  those  of  former  years,  and  even  the  male  suffra- 
gists were  not  jeered  at  by  unsympathetic  crowds  as  in  the  past.  The 
splendid  way  in  which  the  demonstration  was  handled  made  many 
friends  for  the  cause.  The  campaign  closed  with  24  hours  of  street  oratory. 


HOUSEKEEPING  A PLEASURE 


SEWING  MINUS  THE  EXERCISE 
The  stitch  in  time  that  saves  nine  becomes  increased  in  its 
saving  power  when  electricity  runs  the  machine.  It  not  only 
saves  the  usual  number  of  scitches,  but  it  saves  the  operator 
infinite  weariness  and  worry. 


CONVENIENCE  IS  THE  KEY-NOTE  IN  TIIE  ELECTRICAL  KITCHEN 
In  the  kitchen  that  is  equipped  with  an  electric  range,  an  electric  dish-washer  and  the  other  electrical  devices  de- 
signed to  make  culinary  pursuits  happy  ones,  the  housewife’s  hardest  work  is  opening  the  cans  of  “ fresh  ” vegetables. 


THE  FIRST  TIME  THE  PATTERN  EVER  SHOWED 
All  the  dramas  that  open  with  the  maid  dusting  off  the  davenport  and 
musing  about  the  young  Marster’s  absence  will  have  to  be  revised.  The 
feather  duster  is  decidedly  unsanitary  and,  what  is  worse,  it’s  extremely 
old-fashioned. 


COMPANY  TO  TEA 
Electricity  has  added  style  and 
beauty  to  the  dining-table. 
The  silver  and  china  and  the 
white  linen  all  look  more  appe- 
tizing in  the  shaded  light  of 
electric  candlesticks.  Electric 
plate-warmers  and  casseroles 
add  their  part  to  the  success  of 
the  meal,  and  the  electric  coffee 
percolator  lends  the  final  touch 
of  triumph. 


BLUE  MONDAY  HAS  BECOME  A HISTORICAL  DATE 
It  is  easy  to  have  the  same  laundress  two  Mondays  in  succession  if  the  laundry  has  been 
electrically  equipped.  Perhaps,  when  the  electric  washer  and  wringer  and  the  big  electric 
dryer  have  been  installed,  the  lady  of  the  house  will  prefer  to  fire  the  laundress  and  do  the 

washing  herself. 


TUESDAY  IS  IRONING  DAY 
In  the  last  few  years  over  8,000,000  electrical  appliances  have 
been  purchased  for  home  use.  Of  this  number,  3,000,000  were 
electric  irons  which  went  to  emancipate  3,000,000  rejoicing 


women. 


POWER  AND  PRIDE  OF  THE  AMERICAN  NAVY 


Battleships  of  the  United  States  Atlantic  Fleet  moving  in  column  during  their  maneu- 
vers in  the  Caribbean  Sea.  These  are  among  the  finest  specimens  of  naval  architecture. 
Admiral  Henry  T.  Mayo  is  commander-in-chief  of  the  fleet  and  his  flagship  is  the  battle- 
ship Wyoming.  The  fleet  comprises  seventeen  battleships,  several  cruisers  and  many 
lesser  vessels.  The  maneuvers  were  highly  successful,  and  ships  and  crews  took  a good 
step  forward  in  preparedness. 


AIRSHIP  WRECKS  THREE  AUTOMOBILES 
Lieutenant  S.  H.  Wheeler,  of  the  Army  Aviation 
School  at  San  Diego,  Cal,,  while  flying  in  an  aeroplane 
was  forced  to  descend  near  Alta  Loma  for  lack  of  gasoline. 
Later  he  attempted  to  rise  again.  Meanwhile  a crowd  had 
gathered  in  autos  and  other  vehicles.  As  the  aeroplane 
started  it  crashed  into  and  damaged  three  motor  cars, 
killing  a four-year-old  boy  and  severely  injuring  his 
mother.  The  aeroplane  was  overturned,  but  Lieut. 
Wheeler  was  only  slightly  injured.  The  accident  was 
due  to  a rise  in  the  ground  between  the  starting  point 
of  the  aeroplane  and  the  crowd,  hiding  the  latter  from 
the  aviator 


A NEW  TERROR  OF  THE  SEA  CAPTURED 

German  submarine  mine-layer  U.C.  5,  caught  in  a sea  battle  by  the  British,  shown  in  a dockyard  basin  with  the  British  naval 
ensign  flying  over  the  German  flag.  In  front  and  aft  of  the  conning  tower  may  be  seen  two  globular  mines  which,  by  an  ingen- 
ious device,  can  be  projected  from  the  vessel,  while  the  latter  is  under  water.  The  mines  float  about  and  discharge  on  contact 

with  any  passing  ship. 


K £ 


I 


i .{,  -■ 

Sf  ' -xrra 

tx 

JUST  THE  USUAL  THING 


hxciusive  1'iiutograp.i  fur  Leslies  by  Donald  I . Ttiou.p>v-.. 


With  four  governments  claiming  control,  the  Bolsheviki,  a Cadet  Cabinet  in  Moscow, 
the  rallying  Provisional  government,  and  a non-Bolsheviki  but  Socialist  government, 
a riot  or  two  in  Petrograd  becomes  just  the  usual  thing.  A motor  truck  turns  its 
machine  gun,  and  clears  a block.  Those  on  the  next  block  don’t  care.  On  a recent 
Sunday  in  Petrograd,  an  armored  car  stopped  for  lack  of  petrol,  making  a fine  target 
for  some  sailors  hidden  behind  stacks  of  wood  who  at  once  opened  with  a volley.  The 
cadets  in  the  car  replied  too  sluggishly  to  keep  off  one  sailor  who  crept  up  to  the  car. 


thrust  his  lifle  in  through  a crack,  and  fin'd  repeatedly.  Other  sailors  rushed  up, 
smashed  the  doors,  dragged  out  the  cadets,  bayoneted  them  and  passed  on  to  other 
similar  victims.  The  only  man  in  Russia  who  can  rest  these  days  is  the  ex-Czar — and 
he's  had  to  suffer  the  loss  o'  on  • of  the  handsomest  palaces  in  Europe.  If  the  Bolsheviki 
were  not  such  poor  shots  th.  Winter  Palace,  seen  in  the  background,  would  be  in  ruins, 
but  when  some  thousands  of  siilors  fired  ten  shots  from  a field  gun  at  a range  of  250 
yards,  only  one  hit  the  building,  making  a hole  in  a picture,  but  leaving  the  frame  intact. 


A WHOLE  LAKE  RUSHES  DOWN  HILL  BLAKK 
Tremendous  outflow  on  the  bursting  of  the  dam  of  Kanuga  Lake, 
near  Hendersonville,  N.  C.,  in  1916.  The  picture  was  taken  ten 
minutes  after  the  barrier  had  given  away.  The  collapse  was  due 
to  saturation  of  the  earthen  embankment  by  long-continued  rains. 
The  escaping  water  laid  bare  the  granite  side  of  the  mountain,  and 
swept  away  tall  trees,  huge  boulders,  a furniture  factory  and  an 
electric  light  plant.  Fortunately  there  were.no  fatalities  The  dam 
will  doubtless  be  replaced  with  one  of  stronger  construction  and  the 
lake  restored  as  a pleasing  feature  of  the  picturesque  landscape. 


UNTH1CUM 

THE  PUBLIC  BUILDING 
BEAUTIFUL 

Chemical  fire-engine  station  in  a fashion- 
able residence  section  of  Portland,  Oregon, 
designed  to  harmonize  with  the  sur- 
rounding architectural  scheme.  The 
building  is  of  the  bungalow  type  and  is 
surrounded  by  a spacious  lawn  with 
flower  beds  and  a fountain. 


A GREAT  RAILROAD  GIVING  UP  STEAM  FOR  ELECTRICITY 
Electricity  has  been  installed  as  a motive  power  on  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad.  Thus 
far  the  electrification  has  taken  place  on  440  miles  of  track,  running  from  Harlowtown,  Mont.,  to  Avery, 
Iowa,  and  crossing  three  mountain  ranges.  This  is  the  most  extensive  steam  railroad  electrification  in 
the  world.  The  electric  locomotives  used  are  the  most  powerful  ever  built.  The  electricity  is  developed 
at  Great  Falls,  Montana.  The  photo  shows  an  ore  train  on  the  Butte,  Anaconda  and  Pacific  Railroad 
and  a Chicago,  Milwaukee  & St.  Paul  freight  train  (lower  track)  hauled  by  electric  locomotives. 


ilfil 


GERMANY’S  UNDERWATER  BLOCKADE  RUNNER  PUTS  AGAIN  TO  SEA 


UNDERWOOD  & UNDERWOOD 


The  submarine  Deutschland  starting  from  Baltimore  on  her 
return  voyage  to  Bremen.  She  eluded  all  enemy  vessels  on  her  way 
to  America  and  brought  in  a valuable  cargo  of  dyestuffs,  drugs,  etc. 
In  going  back  she  carried  rubber,  nickel  and  gold  of  great  aggregate- 


value.  The  little  vessel  passed  out  of  Chesapeake  Bay  into  the  ocean 
on  a dark  and  stormy  night,  unobserved  by  British  naval  vessels 
lying  in  wait  for  her.  She  was  convoyed  to  the  “three-mile  8mit” 
by  the  Tug  Timmins,  shown  at  the  right. 


BY  WIRELESS  TO  GERMANY 


by  HOMER  CROY 


Every  message  is  censored  before  it  goes  out.  A govern- 
ment officer  sits  there  with  a blue  pencil  and  if  he  suspects 
the  message  has  another  meaning  than  what  is  on  its  face 
he  returns  it  to  the  sender;  or  he  may  paraphrase  its 
meaning,  saying  the  same  thing  in  different  words,  which 
would  of  course  upset  the  code  message,  if  it  contained  one. 

On  an  average  one  hundred  messages  a day  go  out  of 
Sayville  for  Berlin.  Most  of  these  go  at  night,  as  the  send- 
ing conditions  are  then  better.  When  Germany  gets  these 
messages  she  send  back  the  letter  “ R " repeated  time  after 
time.  This  means  that  she  has  received  the  message  and 
understands.  Messages  come  in  to  Sayville  written  in  all 
kinds  of  languages:  English,  German,  Russian,  French, 
Portuguese.  These  are  translated  into  English  and  turned 
over  to  the  censors,  who  examine  them  carefully  for  hidden 
meanings  before  they  are  put  on  the  tape. 


RECEIVING  COMMUNICATION 


The  messages  from  Germany  come  in  by  telephone. 
There  is  no  listening  at  the  key  as  in  ordinary  telegraphy. 
The  clicks  are  so  faint  that  they  have  to  be  reinforced. 
In  a soundproof  room,  with  double  doors  to  keep  out  the 
clatter  of  the  machines,  sit  four  men,  each  with  a telephone 
headpiece  clamped  to  his  ear,  writing  down  the  messages 
as  fast  as  they  come  in.  Two  of  these  are  in  the  employ  of 
the  Telefunken  Company,  and  two  are  listening  for  the 
government.  They  may  not  understand  what  the  message 
is,  for  it  may  be  in  some  language  unfamiliar  to  them; 
but  with  the  letters  on  paper  the  translators  write  out  what 
the  English  of  the  messages  is  and  this  is  passed  over  to 
the  government  censors. 

The  message  comes  out  of  the 
soundproof  receiving  room  written 
in  lead  pencil,  oftentimes  with 
some  of  the  letters  missing.  If 
the  message  is  not  clearly  under- 
stood word  is  flashed  back  to 
Germany  and  the  message  is 
repeated. 

The  four  receiving  men  hand 
the  message  to  the  censor,  who 
censors  the  message  and  hands  it 
to  a land-line  operator  who  trans- 
mits it  to  the  manager  of  the 
Postal  Telegraph  Company.  He 
then  puts  his  rubber  stamp  on  the 
message.  It  reads: 


Number 

Time  received 

Post  al  number 

Time  sent  to  Postal 
Number  of  words.  . 


WHERE  THE  MESSAGES  ARE  SENT 

room  full  of  noisy  machinery  that  makes  the  head  of 
th  uninitiated  ache.  The  receiving  room,  on  the 
c >ntrary,  is  made  silent  by  soundproof  walls. 


MEN  AND  MACHINERY 

Inside  the  low,  one-story  building, 
squatting  at  the  foot  of  the  towers, 
are  eighteen  men  working.  Fourteen 
of  these  are  censors  for  the  United 
States  Government,  as  for  three 
months  the  navy  has  been  in 
control  of  the  Sayville  station. 

Every  message  must  be  sent 
through  them  and  received 
through  them.  The  Telefunken 
employees  operate  the  plant,  but 
all  messages  have  to  be  submitted 
to  the  government  censors. 

The  great  amount  of  electricity 
needed  to  generate  a current  whose 
waves  will  reach  across  the  ocean  is  not 
made  in  the  building,  but  brought  from 
a neighboring  town.  The  rooms  are  so  filled 
with  condensers,  rheostats,  coils  and  coherers  as 
to  make  an  untechnical  head  swim. 

Wireless  messages  are  not  sent  from  Sayville 
by  key  as  is  popularly  supposed;  a far  more 
modern  method  is  used.  In  one  comer  of  the 
room  stands  a machine  that  looks  like  a type- 
writer with  a cover  over  it;  but  when  you  get 
to  looking  at  it  closely  you  notice  that  it  hasn’t  the  shift  key, 
quotation  marks,  underlines  and  the  little  curlycues  of  an 
average  board.  When  a key  is  struck  it  doesn’t  print  an 
ordinary  letter;  instead  it  punches-a  hole  in  a narrow  piece 
of  paper  tape.  Each  letter  on  the:  keyboard  is  represented 
by  a certain  number  and  arrangement  of  holes  it  punches 
in  the  paper.  When  the  letter  A is  struck  it  punches  two 
little  holes,  one  at  the  top  of  the  tape  and  one  at  the  bottom. 

This  long  tape  of  paper,  pecked  full  of  holes,  is  all  there 
is  to  show  for  your  message.  The  tape  is  about  the  width  of 
baby  ribbon  and  is  made  of  specially  prepared  tough  paper. 
It  takes  a good  bit  of  tape  to  send  a message,  for 
twenty-three  inches  contains  eight  words  of  five  letters  each. 


tact.  This  makes  the 
flashes.  The  operator  has 
nothing  to  do;  he  has  no 
key  to  press;  his  mission 
is  to  see  that  it  runs 
through  without  inter- 
ruption. The  message  is 
flashed  across  the  Atlantic 
at  the  rate  of  25  words  a 
minute,  but  in  case  of  neces- 
sity it  can  go  up  to  40. 

The  messages  go  across  in  a 
series  of  waves,  with  which  the 
station  on  the  other  side  is  in  tune. 
The  length  of  the  wave  of  the  Sayville 
station  is  about  five  and  three-quarter 
miles.  There  is  very  little  likelihood 
that  any  amateur  station  will  pick  up 
the  messages  sent  from  Germany  as  the 
experimenter  would  have  to  have  a very 
elaborate  receiving  instrument  that  is  out 
of  reach  of  the  average  person.  However,  the  Telefunken 
station  can  pick  up  any  amateur  message  that  it  wishes,  or 
any  communications  with  ships,  but  in  the  stress  of  business 
no  attention  is  paid  to  these  maverick  messages. 

The  messages  go  to  a small  town  near  Berlin  called 
Nauen,  where  they  are  placed  on  a land  wire  and  forwarded 
to  the  capital.  The  charge  for  sending  a message  to  Germany 
is  53  cents  a word  from  anywhere  near  New  York.  The 
three  cents  is  the  price  of  the  land  wire  to  get  it  to  Sayville. 

As  soon  as  the  key  is  touched  in  America  the  message 
is  in  Germany,  the  time  occupied  in  crossing  being  only 
the  fraction  of  a second.  In  fact  the  message  could  go 
around  the  world  seven  times  in  a second. 


The  message  is  then  given  to  a 
stenographer,  who  transfers  it  to 
a form  sheet,  which  is  sent  to  the 
person  or  firm  addressed,  carbons 
being  kept  on  file. 

When  the  government  sends  a message  to  Germany  it 
goes  by  code.  As  soon  as  Secretary  of  State  Lansing  has 
affixed  his  signature  the  message  is  taken  by  the  Chief 
Clerk  of  the  State  Department  to  the  cipher  rooms.  The 
different  pages  are  distributed  among  the  cipher  clerks, 
who  begin  turning  the  words  into  code.  After  the  message 
has  been  enciphered  it  is  turned  over  to  another  set  of 
clerks  who  check  it  carefully. 

The  secret  code  books  of  the  State  Department  are 
guarded  most  carefully.  Life  is  to  be  expended  at  any  time 
to  defend  them.  In  fact  they  are  guarded  as  carefully  as 
the  code  books  of  the  navy,  whose  covers  are  so  heavy  that 
when  thrown  into  the  sea  in  case  of  emergency  they  will 
sink  instantly. 

The  importance  of  the  wireless  stations  is  enhanced  by 
the  fact  that  there  is  no  free  cable  communication  between 
Germany  and  the  United  States.  At  the  very  beginning  of 
the  war  Great  Britain  cut  the  German  cables  and  they  have 
remained  cut  ever  since.  The  only  cable  routes  from 
continental  Europe  pass  through  Great  Britain  or  France, 
and  the  German  government  is  obliged  to  depend  upon 
wireless  for  its  official  messages  to  this  country'.  Even 
commercial  messages  by  cable  from  neutral  countries  are 
censored.  Not  long  ago  a newspaper  sensation  stated 
that  a way  had  been  found  to  code  forbidden  informa- 
tion in  an  innocent  commercial  message  by  varying  the 
spacing  between  the  letters,  but  the  story  was  never 
substantiated. 

The  speed  with  which  our  messages  are  flashed  4,500 
miles  to  Germany  is  in  strong  contrast  with  the  day  in  1896 
wrhen  the  whole  world  was  exciter!  because  Marconi  had, 
after  many  months  of  ceaseless  effort,  succeeded  in  sending 
a message  without  wires  for  the  astonishing  distance  of 
one  and  three-quarter  miles. 


QUARTERS  OF  THE 
CENSORS 

They  sleep  in  these  tents 
— and  the  mosquitoes  at 
Sayville  have  a national 
reputation. 


BETWEEN  tune  at  night  and  four  in  the  morning 
there  is  a constant  crashing  and  clashing  of  electri- 
cal apparatus  in  a small,  low  building  at  Sayville, 
Long  Island.  Just  as  the  rest  of  the  world  begins  to  get 
sleepy  this  small,  low  building  wakes  up,  for  from  it  our 
wireless  messages  are  going  to  Germany.  All  night  long 
the  small,  low  building  pulsates  with  life  and  with  the 
coming  of  dawn  it  quiets  down.  But  there  is  no  chatter  of 
telegraph  keys,  no  incessant  rattle  of  sending  .nstruinents, 
for  in  this  station  there  are  no  keys,  but  over  all  there 
sounds  the  sharp,  staccato  crash  of  the  great  coils  of  the 
sending  apparatus,  clattering 
in  your  ear. 

The  Telefunken  station  at 
Sayville,  Long  Island,  is  the 
most  powerful  in  the  world, 
flashing  messages  direct  to 
Nauen,  near  Berlin. 

Fifty  miles  out  from  New 
York  City  is  Sayville,  a small 
town  whose  principal  in- 
dustries are  roadhouses  and 
wireless  telegraphy.  Here  the 
automobile  parties  stop  for 
the  few  bites  that  always 
take  many  dollars,  before 
running  on  into  New  York, 
but  if  it  were  not  for  the  wire- 
less station  the  town  would 
never  be  heard  of. 

Near  the  ocean,  dropped 
in  a mosquito-infested  field, 
the  great  Telefunken  station 
sprawls  over  a hundred  acres. 

A mile  away  it  looks  like  a 
huge  spider  web,  with  all  its 
slim  poles  reaching  into  the  air, 
interlaced  with  slender  wires. 

At  the  gate  a watchman  is  on 
guard,  and  all  along  the  way 
to  the  building  are  posted 
danger  signs.  People  are  con- 
stantly trying  to  slip  in,  not 
always  with  good  intent. 

The  little,  low  building  is  rigged  on  every  side  with 
towering  poles — antennae  as  they  are  called.  Five 
hundred  feet  high  they  stand — almost  as  tall  as  the 
Washington  rnxanuruient.  From  these  wires  radiate 
the  electric  waves  that  leap  to  Germany.  Great  blocks 
of  cement,  big  as  corncribs,  are  set  in  the  ground 
and  to  them  are  anchored  the  guy  wires. 


WIRELESS  PLANT  AT 
SAYVILLE.  LONG 
ISLAND 

It  is  the  most  powerful 
wireless  station  in  the  world, 
and  together  with  r.  sim- 
ilar plant  at  Tuckerton, 
N.  J.,  forms  the  only  tele- 
graphic link  between  the 
United  States  and  Germany. 


In  the  center  of  the  tape  is  a narrow  row  of  small  holes 
into  which  a sprocket  wheel  fits,  which  conveys  the  tape 
through  the  sending  machine.  Above  and  below  are  the  send- 
ing holes,  the  holes  that  make  the  message.  The  position 
of  the  dots  above  or  below  the  line  denote  the  words. 

HOW  MESSAGES  ARE  SENT 
When  the  message  has  been  put  on  the  tape  by  the 
typewriter-looking  machine,  which  strikes  only  holes,  the 
tape  is  put  in  the  sending  box  and  begins  running  through, 
each  of  the  holes  stopping  and  opening  the  electrical  con- 


ENGLAND  HAS  50,000  WAR  WIDOWS 


LADY  ELCHO 

Lord  Elcho,  her  husband,  who  had  entered 
the  army  as  a volunteer,  was  killed  in  action 
at  Katia,  near  the  Suez  Canal,  in  1914.  He 
had  been  wounded  twice,  previously. 

AT  the  present  time  the  Board  of  Pen- 
sions in  England  has  over  50,000  war 
widows,  more  than  100,000  orphans, 
and  70,000  disabled  men  to  deal  with.  It 
has  received  £1,000,000,  and  has  been  prom- 
ised by  the  Exchequer  £5,000,000  more, 
and  further  amounts  as  the  number  of 


MRS.  LA  TOUCHE  CONGREVE 


casualties  warrant.  The  records  of  the  other  nations  at  war 
show  similar  figures  and  the  problem  which  confronts  these 
various  nations  is  the  question  of  relieving  the  situation, 
which  has  already  been  given  much  consideration. 

Not  all  of  the  50,000  widows  are  in  positions  to  earn  their 
own  livelihood  or  to  support  themselves  on  a pension 
of  the  customary  amount.  While  in  numbers,  by  far  the 
larger  part  of  the  women  were  dependent  upon  privates — 
“Tommy  Atkinses’’ — yet  the  figures  of  the  war  records  show  a 
larger  percentage  of  mortality  among  the  officers  than  among 
the  privates,  and  the  widows  of  officers  represent  a large 
number  in  the  total  of  those  who  look  to  the  government 
for  aid. 

The  Women’s  Emigration  Scheme,  recently  suggested  by 
the  Salvation  Army,  aims  at  selecting  thousands  of  these 
widows  for  emigration  to  Great  Britain’s  various  colonies. 

^ PHOTO!  COPVRIOIITEt)  HV  R.  0.  IIOPPE 


MRS.  GUY  DU  MAURIER 

Her  husband,  the  soldier-play- 
wright, Major  Guy  du  Maurier, 
was  killed  in  action.  He  was  the 
author  of  the  play  ‘‘An  English- 
man’s Home”  which  appeared  at 
the  time  when  Lord  Roberts  was 
making  his  most  strenuous  efforts 
to  arouse  England  to  the  menace 
of  a war  with  Germany.  The 
play  caused  a great  sensation  and 
is  still  a great  recruiting  power. 
Mrs.  du  Maurier  is  active  in  Red 
Cross  work. 


LADY  MOYA  CAMPBELL 


THE  HON.  MRS.  GEOFFREY 
PEARSON 

She  is  the  widow  of  the  youngest  son 
of  Lord  Cowdray,  Hon.  Geoffrey 
Pearson,  killed  in  France,  where  he 
was  a dispstch  rider. 


LADY  JULIET  DUFF 

The  widow  of  Major  Robert  Vivian  Duff  who  was  killed 
in  action  in  France  in  October,  1914,  is  the  daughter  of 
the  Marchioness  of  Ripon  and  owns  the  most  magnificent 
estate  in  Wales. 


HON.  MRS.  ALAN  MACKENZIE 
Her  husband,  Captain  Alan  Mackenzie 
of  the  Grenadier  Guards,  died  of  wounds 
received  in  battle.  She  is  the  daughter 
of  Viscount  Knollys. 


It  is  pointed  out  that  this  plan  will  contribute  to- 
wards reducing  the  overwhelming  female  population 
in  England  which,  before  the  war,  exceeded  the 
number  of  males  by  nearly  a million  and  a half 
despite  the  fact  that  the  proportion  of  male  to  female 
births  was  1038  to  1000. 

It  is  also  suggested  that  the  colonies  will  benefit 
by  this  scheme  because  of  their  present  in- 
adequate female  population.  Also,  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  widows  and  their  families 
adopting  this  scheme  will  derive  much 
benefit. 

The  sending  of  suitable  women  to  the 
colonies  where  they  may  meet  with 
offers  of  marriage,  is  one  way  of 
meeting  the  problem,  although  it  is 
not  a permanent  solution. 


She  is  the  youngest  daughter  of  the  well-known 
actor,  Cyril  Maude.  Her  husband,  Major  W. 
La  Touche  Congreve,  was  killed  in  battle,  July 
20th,  1915. 


Lieutenant  Allan  W.  G.  Campbell,  of  the  Cold- 
stream Guards,  was  killed  in  action  early  in  the 
war.  His  widow,  who  is  the  second  daughter  of 
the  Marquis  of  Sligo,  has  been  aiding  the  work  at 
one  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  army  canteens. 


PLENTY  OF  MACHINE 
GUNS 

Much  has  been  said  about 
Mexico’s“veteran”army  which 
may  be  arrayed  against  Uni- 
ted States  troops  some  day. 
It  is  variously  estimated  in 
size  from  120,000  to  150,000 
men.  It  is  equipped  largely 
with  Mauser  rifles  of  an  old 
pattern,  although  many  thou- 
sand Winchester  and  other 
American  guns  are  carried 
As  our  photographs  show, 
machine  guns,  artillery  and 
modern  range-finders  are  not 
lacking.  The  machine  guns 
were  mostly  made  in  the  Uni- 
ted States  and  the  Mexicans 
probably  have  more  of  them 
than  our  army.  The  Mexican 
army,  however,  is  an  undisci- 
plined aggregation  of  bandits. 


CAVALRY  IS  THE  MOST  USEFUL  ARM  OF  THE  SERVICE  IN  MEXICO 


The  major  portion  of  the  Mexican  forces  are  mounted,  though  horses  are  reported  to  be  scarce,  r rough  that  infantry  is  not  good  for  much  but  garrison  duty.  The  Mexican  cavalry  is  badly 

because  of  the  wastage  of  brigandage  and  war.  The  distances  are  so  great  and  the  country  so  | equipped,  but  of  great  endurance.  The  families  of  the  men  follow  the  army  on  horses  and  burros. 


FIELD  GUNS  POINTING 
NORTHWARD 

These  photographs  were  taken 
in  northern  Mexico  and  show 
the  flower  of  the  Mexican 
forces.  The  artillery  consists 
of  small  field  guns,  few  of  them 
being  larger  than  75  milli- 
meters. 


THE  PASSING  OF  PABLO  LOPEZ 

DRAMATIC  PICTURES  OP  THE  EXECUTION  OF  VILLA’S  CHIEF  BANDIT 


ARRIVING  AT  THE  PLACE  OF  EXECUTION 

Lopez  was  still  lame  from  his  wound  and  walked  with  a crutch 
and  the  help  of  a soldier  to  his  place  against  the  wall.  He  had 
been  brought  from  prison  in  a coach.  While  waiting  he  chatted 
with  his  guards  who  gave  him  cigars  that  he  seemed  to  enjoy. 


ALL  CHIHUAHUA  CITY  OUT  TO  VIEW  THE  SPECTACLE 
Pablo  Lopez,  Villa  lieutenant  and  boss  brigand,  was  shot  to  death  in  Cnihuahua  City,  June  5, 1916.  Among 
his  many  crimes  was  the  massacre  of  17  Americans  at  Santa  Ysabel  and  the  Columbus,  N.  M.,  raid.  He 
was  wounded  after  the  raid  and  captured  and  turned  over  to  the  Carranza  military  authorities. 


FIVE  BULLETS  STRUCK  HIM  IN  THE  BREAST 
The  bandit  falling  to  earth  as  the  shots  rang  out.  This  is  a remarkable  picture,  and 
with  the  others  on  this  page,  was  made  by  a spectator  whose  safety  would  be  imperiled 
if  his  name  were  published.  These  photographs  were  sent  exclusively  to  Leslies. 


WITH  HIS  BACK  TO  THE  WALL 
Bad  man  that  he  was,  Lopez  was  no  coward  and  smiled  as  he  asked 
General  Lopez  Ortiz  to  be  allowed  to  sit  down  because  his  wound  pained  him. 


THE  TIRA  DE  GRACIA 


THE  PENALTY  PAID  IN  FULL 


The  so-called  “mercy  shot”  is  fired  into  a vital  spot  as  soon  as  the  condemned  man  Whatever  may  be  the  fate  of  Vifla,  the  arch-bandit — and  many  think  he  has  died  of  wounds  in  his  mountain  retreat 

falls  before  the  firing  squad.  In  the  case  of  Lopez  two  such  shots  were  fired  before  — his  chief  lieutenant  did  not  escape  a well-merited  death.  Lopez  delighted  in  murder,  robbery  and  crimes  of  vio 

life  was  extinct,  although  five  bullets  had  passed  through  his  body.  lence.  He  posed  for  a time  as  a patriot,  but,  like  his  chief,  could  not  conceal  his  real  nature  for  long. 


I 'ON ALU  C.  THOMPSON 

A QUEEN'S  SYMPATHY 
Former  Queen  Amelie  of  Portugal  (to 
the  left  in  the  photograph)  is  living  in 
Paris.  Recently  she  visited  a hospital 
where  a young  soldier  who  had  been 
awarded  a decoration  was  about  to  die. 
The  officer  who  was  to  confer  the  deco- 
ration had  not  arrived  and  the  physician 
was  afraid  the  soldier  would  not  live  to 
receive  the  coveted  honor.  “Shall  I con- 
fer it?”  asked  the  queen,  and  the  hospi- 
tal authorities  urged  her  to  do  so.  So  she 
bent  over  the  dying  man  and  pinned  the 
Croix  de  Guerre  on  his  bosom.  She  then 
kissed  the  dying  man  on  each  cheek,  as 
his  general  would  have  done.  The  soldier 
died  that  night  with  a smile  on  his  face. 


NEVER  FORGETS  HIS  HOME  TOWN 
John  N.  Willys  on  board  his  yacht  Cyprus.  Mr. 
Willys  is  one  of  the  many  men  who  have  been 
made  millionaires  by  the  automobile  business. 
In  his  youthful  days  he  had  a sporting  goods 
store  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  and  he  never  forgets  his 
home  town.  In  addition  to  many  other  bene- 
factions he  secured  the  location  of  the  Morrow 
manufacturing  plant  there,  which  gives  employ- 
ment to  4,000  people,  and  is  being  expanded 
as  fast  as  houses  can  be  built  to  shelter  addi- 
tional employees. 


A CHAMPION  CORN 
GROWER 

James  Howard  Kehler  of  New 
York  with  a stalk  of  com  from  his 
farm  had  himself  photographed  in 
front  of  his  office  building,  across 
Fifth  Avenue  from  Leslie’s  office. 
Mr.  Kehler  said:  "I  have  grown 
corn  1 2 1 2 feet  high  at  39;  there’s 
no  telling  how  high  it  will  grow 
before  I die.  And  I grew  this  com 
on  my  farm  near  Chicago  from 
my  office  in  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Building.” 


KING  GEORGE  IN  A HISTORIC  PHOTOGRAPH 
This  picture  shows  a group  of  men  who  are  making  history,  and  who  will  not,  in  all  probability,  ever  again  be 
photographed  together.  It  was  taken  during  the  recent  visit  to  France  of  King  George  V of  Great  Britain.  From 
left  to  right  the  men  are:  General  Joffre,  President  Poincari,  King  George,  General  Foch  and  General  Haig. 
The  king,  in  company  with  President  Poincari,  inspected  the  Allied  armies  which  are  under  the  supreme  command 
of  General  Joffre.  General  Haig  is  in  command  of  the  British  army  in  France,  supposed  to  number  nearly  3,000,000 
men.  General  Foch  is  the  man  whom  military  critics  now  generally  credit  with  winning  the  Battle  of  the  Marne 

in  September,  1914. 


GOVERNOR  HUGHES  AND  HIS  ENTIRE  FAMILY 


This  is  the  first  picture  ever  made  of  Charles  Evans  Hughes  and  his  entire  family,  including  his 
two  grandsons.  It  shows  a typical  American  family,  and  one  which  is  the  chief  pride  of  the  man  who 
aspired  to  the  highest  honor  within  the  gift  of  his  countrymen.  From  the  left  to  right:  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Hughes,  Mrs.  Charles  Evans  Hughes,  Miss  Katherine  Hughes,  Charles  Evans  Hughes,  Miss 
Helen  Hughes,  Charles  Evans  Hughes  III,  Charles  Evans  Hughes,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Charles  Evans  Hughes, 

Jr.,  and  Stuart  Hughes. 


^JJUTTTTTf^} 


Yiftlefi 


VETERANS  OF  OUR  GREAT  WAR  AGAIN  MARCH  AT  THE  CAPITAL 

Parade  of  10,000  former  soldiers  of  the  Union  who  fought  in  the  war  between  the 
States,  and  who  in  1916,  during  the  G.  A.  R.  49th  annual  reunion  at  Washington, 
marched  over  the  same  ground  they  did  fifty  years  ago  in  the  grand  review  at  the 
close  of  the  conflict.  A feature  of  the  procession  was  an  immense  flag  carried  by  300 
veterans.  President  Wilson  is  shown  in  the  oval  reviewing  the  line  of  aged  men. 


AFTER  THE  ARDMORE  DISASTER 
Debris  from  the  Pennington  building  in  Ardmore  was  blown  across 
the  street  and  piled  against  the  veranda  of  a dwelling  that  was 
searcely  damaged.  The  hotel  next  door  was  partly  wrecked. 


SHATTERED  BUILDING  SWEPT  BY  FLAMES 


The  Whittington  Hotel  (at  left),  which  was  badly  dam- 
aged by  the  explosion  at  Ardmore,  and  the  Pennington 
Building  (at  right),  which  was  wrecked,  the  ruins  taking 
fire.  The  fire  department  fought  hard  to  put  out  the 


flames.  Several  persons  perished  in  the  hotel  and  50 
were  hurt.  Only  one  employee  escaped  from  the  Penning- 
ton Building  and  many  bodies  were  recovered.  Twenty- 
five  colored  persons  were  killed  in  the  collapse  of  a theater. 


TERRIBLE  AND  UNIQUE  EXPLOSION 

A spark  from  the  hammer  of  a workman  repairing  the  car  ignited 
a 250-barrel  tank  car  of  gasoline  in  the  Sante  Fe  Railroad  yards  at 
Ardmore,  Okla.  A fearful  explosion  ensued.  Two  blocks  were  razed, 
many  building  burned,  50  persons  lost  their  lives,  and  200  were  injured . 
The  damage  to  property  was  $1,000,000.  Cars  marked  2 and  3 on 
either  side  of  the  explod- 
ing one  (1)  did 
not  explode. 


COPYRIGHT  INT  L FILM 

DAIRYMEN  RESORT  TO  VIOLENCE 
A price  dispute  between  the  dairymen  who  produce  the  milk  that  supplies  New 
York  City  and  the  distributors  who  sell  it  to  the  people  resulted,  finally,  in  a 
‘‘milk  strike.”  Most  of  the  producers  refused  to  ship  milk  and  took  energetic 
measures  to  prevent  others  from  doing  so.  Hence  we  had  the  spectacle  of 
millions  of  people  suffering  from  a shortage  of  milk,  while  only  a few  miles  away 
milk  was  poured  on  the  ground  to  prevent  its  being  sent  to  market. 


TURKEY’S  FIGHTING 
VETERANS 

Infantry  resting  on  a march  some 
place  in  European  Turkey.  Turk- 
ish troops  are  all  conscripts,  are 
poorly  fed  and  paid,  yet  they 
are  usually  brave  and  efficient  sol- 
diers. 


BERLIN 

CABS  TORN  FROM 
TRUCKS 

A smashup  on  the  Pittsburgh 
and  Lake  Erie  Railroad  near 
College,  Pa.,  in  October,  1914, 
resulted  in  two  freight  cars  be- 
ing torn  loose  from  their 
trucks  and  left  in  the  freakish 
position  shown  in  the  photo- 
graph. One  of  the  cars  was  an 
old  wooden  one  while  the 
other  was  of  modem  steel  con- 
struction, but  they  both  fared 
alike. 


WACO.  TEX.,  PILES  SURPLUS  COTTON  ON  THE  STREETS 


BLOI 


Anarchy’s 

%J 


Chaos  in 

Photographs  from  DONALD  C:  THOMPSON 


Russia 


During  the  first  week  of  November  the  Bolsheviki  element  in  Russia,  made  up  of  the  extreme 
by  Nikolai  Lenine,  gained  control  of  the  Petrograd  government  and  the  city  of  Moscow.  K 
premier,  was  deposed  and  the  new  leaders  announced  the  new  government’s  intentions:  To 
armistice  to  go  into  force  at  once  on  all  fronts  and  to  offer  all  nations  a democratic  peace  based  i 
ations  and  no  indemnities.  Above  is  a Petrograd  street  scene  showing  crowd  listening  to  soap- 


This  great  crowd  made  up  from  all  walks  of  life  is  making  a demonstration  in  front 
of  the  Winter  Palace.  For  weeks  conditions  in  Russia  have  been  growing  worse  steadily. 
Everybody  has  been  too  busy  settling  affairs  of  state  on  the  street  corners  to  worry 
ever  the  production  of  necessities  and  now  that  winter  is  upon  the  country  a famine 


is  imminent.  The^anarchists  who  forced  Kerensky  from  control  plan  for  an  imme- 
diate redistribution  of  all  land.  In  the  circle  is  a gate  to  the  Winter  Palace,  formerly 
the  home  of  the  Czar  and  more  recently  of  Premier  Kerensky,  which  is  likely  to  be  the 
scene  of  much  street  fighting,  as  civil  war  now  seems  imminent. 


THE  HIM  OF  HATE 


MOCK 

TERRIBLE  TROLLEY 
TRAGEDY 

Twenty-five  persons  were  killed 
and  63  injured  in  a trolley  wreck 
seven  miles  from  Johnstown,  Pa., 
in  August,  1916.  One  car  was 
standing  still  near  the  car  bam  at 
Echo  when  another,  in  charge  of 
motorman  Angus  Varner  came 
down  a steep  grade  and  crashed 
into  it.  The  runaway  car  had 
been  seen  rushing  past  the  station 
at  Brookdale,  with  Varner  fran- 
tically waving  his  arms.  It  was 
so  obviously  not  under  control 
that  the  power  house  shut  off  the 
current,  but  not  promptly  enough 
to  prevent  the  crash.  The  cause 
of  the  accident  is  still  a mystery. 


THE  “OKLAHOMA” 
IN  DRY  DOCK 
One  of  (Jncle  Sam’s  new 
and  formidable  sea  fight- 
ers as  she  appears  when 
not  afloat.  Note  the  shape 
of  the  hull  below  the  water 
line.  The  Oklahoma  has 
a tonnage  of  27,500  and 
carries  ten  14-inch  guns 
and  twenty  one  5-inch 
guns.  She  can  make  over 
21  knots  an  hour. 


DOVALD  C.  THOimOlt 
97 ATT  ni'/TOOlifllll  ftU  LMMUM*9 

THE  NAMELE88  DEAD 

French  soldiers  searching  the  re- 
mains of  a German,  killed  months 
before,  in  the  hope  of  finding  some 
means  of  identification.  Each 
soldier  carries  a metal  plate  on 
which  is  engraved  his  number. 
When  these  plates  are  found  on 
bodies  they  are  sent  to  a special 
division  of  the  war  office,  and  if 
they  are  from  the  bodies  of  ene- 
mies are  forwarded  to  the  war 
office  that  issued  them.  The 
corpse  in  the  picture  had  laid  in 
44  No  Man’s  Land,”  the  shell- 
swept  space  between  the  hostile 
trenches  where  there  is  no  burial 
for  the  dead  nor  succor  for  the 
wounded.  After  the  French  ad- 
vance this  strip  was  cleaned  up 
and  a new  “No  Man’s  Land”  was 
created  between  the  new  lines. 


MAKING  IT  HOT  FOR  THE  I.  W.  W. 


One  season  the  I.  W.  W.  (called  the  I Won’t  Works  throughout  the  district)  invaded  the  Minnesota  and  Dakota  wheat  belt 
in  an  effort  to  organize  the  harvest  hands  and  cause  a strike.  The  menace  to  the  farmers  grew  to  large  proportions  in  a few 
days  and  organizations  called  ‘‘The  Minute  Men”  were  formed  to  rid  the  country  of  the  agitators.  Our  photograph 
shows  a party  of  Mitchell,  S D.,  citizens  holding  up  a train  on  which  a number  of  these  I.  W.  W’s.  were  beating  their  way 
into  the  town  with  the  avowed  purpose  of  taking  possession  of  it.  The  trouble  makers  were  promptly  subdued. 


THE  HORRORS  OF 
••NO  MAN’S  LAND” 
Remains  of  dead  soldiers, 
gathered  for  burial,  after 
the  French  advance  on 
the  Aisne.  These  men  had 
fallen  between  the  trenches 
during  the  months  of 
fighting  that  preceded  the 
French  drive,  and  so  con- 
stant was  the  fire  from 
both  sides  that  they  could 
not  be  buried.  After  the 
French  lines  were  pushed 
forward,  “No  Man’s 
Land  ” was  cleaned  up  and 
the  poor  wrecks  of  war — 
reduced  to  skeletons — 
were  buried  in  long 
trenches.  Note  that  many 
of  the  skulls  have  been 
crushed,  probably  by 
shrapnel.  The  dead  were 
both  French  and  German. 


PHOTOGRAPH  FROM  DONALD  C 
STAFF  PHOTOGRAPHER 


COPTRIOHT  TROUT 

CRACK  RIDER  OF  A TER- 
RIBLE STEED 

Jesse  Stahl,  one  of  California’s 
noted  cow  punchers,  mounted 
on  Glass  Eye,  a famous  outlaw 
mustang,  at  the  Annual  Cali- 
fornia Rodeo  held  at  Salinas, 
Cal.  The  animal  plunged 
furiously,  trying  in  vain  to 
unseat  its  rider.  Many  hun- 
dred cowboys  have  attempted 
to  ride  this  horse  and  Stabl 
is  one  of  the  few  who  have 
succeeded  in  doing  so. 


WEIL-BMERSON 

MISSIONARIES  MURDERED 
IN  JAPAN 

Funeral  of  Rev.  and  Mrs.  W.  A. 
F.  Campbell,  American  mission- 
aries who  were  killed  by  a robber 
at  their  home  in  Karuizawa,  Japan. 
This  was  the  first  murder  of  a 
foreigner  in  Japan  in  twenty-five 
years  and  all  the  foreigners  in 
the  country  were  greatly  excited 
over  it.  The  Japanese  people 
also  deplored  the  tragic  affair. 


'■*  ***"->  -■  3S?n  *r  uppt'Klir 

~ 

■*»  if 

V 

if 

. '’v  . ’v 

; ^ . 

HOT  WEATHER  WRECKS  A TRAIN 


Intense  heat  buckled  the  rails  on  a curve  near  Hutchins,  Texas,  in  1916,  and  caused  a passenger  train  to  leap  from 
the  track  and  plunge  down  an  embankment.  The  locomotive  and  four  cars  were  derailed  and  the  engine  turned  over  on 
its  side.  Three  men  were  killed  and  thirty  persons  were  injured.  The  coaches  were  all  of  steel  and  this  saved  the  lives 

of  scores  of  passengers. 


MC  DO CELL 

A RAILROAD  WITH  NO  TRACKS 
The  process  of  hauling  logs  from  lumber  camps  in  north- 
ern Wisconsin  has  been  materially  simplified  by  the  use 
of  steam  trains  which  run  on  roads  of  ice.  The  train 
shown  in  the  photograph  makes  two  trips  each  day  from 
Kempster  to  Antigo,  a distance  of  eight  miles,  each  time 
hauling  from  80,000  to  100,000  feet  of  maple,  biicn 
and  hemlock  logs.  The  engine  requires  the  attention  of 
an  engineer,  a fireman  and  a chauffeur  who  sits  1 the 
steering  wheel. 


UyffihCSBEBBf  * Arrl3ir8$ti'iOI 


WHERE  IS  THE  COW  WITH  THE  CRUMPLED  HORN?  PRArr 
All  “Egypt,”  as  the  southern  end  of  Illinois  is  known,  was  represented  at  the  1916  Dairy 
Day,  at  Litchfield,  attended  by  over  50,000.  The  parade,  which  was  two  hours  in  passing, 
and  the  various  exhibits  were  planned  to  stimulate  enthusiasm  in  better  dairying.  Com- 
missioner W.  Scott  Matthews,  of  the  State  Food  Department,  and  Governor  Dunne  attended 
the  big  barbecue  which  was  one  of  the  attractive  features. 


JAPAN’S  CROWN  PRINCE  INSTALLED 
All  Japan,  in  November,  1916,  celebrated  the  installa- 
tion of  H.  I.  M.  the  Crown  Prince  as  heir  to  the  Japan- 
ese throne.  Traffic  was  suspended  along  the  streets 
which  the  imperial  procession  traveled,  in  order  that 
the  crowds  of  spectators  might  be  accommodated. 
The  Tokyo  municipality  decorated  the  entire  city  in 
the  style  shown  in  the  picture  and  Yokohama  and 
other  large  cities  were  not  far  behind  in  observing 
the  occasion. 


— — hi—  ini 

REMOVING  250.000  BUSHELS  OIF  BURNING  COAL 


CLAXOtf 


Spontaneous  combustion  was  responsible  for  the  raging  fire 
in  the  250,000  bushel  coal  pile  of  the  Southern  Railroad,  at 
Lawrenceburg,  Ky.  A continuous  stream  of  water  thrown 


on  the  pile  for  several  days  did  not  check  the  fire.  Finally  the 
coal  was  loaded  on  steel  cars  by  a steam  shovel  and  carried 
away,  much  of  it  still  burning. 


THE  UNSEEN  ARMY 

STIES  WHO  PHY  THEIR  STEALTHY  CALLING  WHERE  BIG  GUNS  ROAR 


by  Dr.  WILLIAM  ALDERSON 


SPY!! 

Epithet  of  contempt  throughout  the 
world — and  yet — it  takes  nerve  to  be  a 
spy — under  some  conditions.  Not  the  spy  who 
does  his  work  in  a neutral  country  and  by  means 
of  bombs,  reports  (mainly  untrue),  or  such  meth- 
ods endeavors  to  assist  the  country  he  claims  as 
his  own,  but  the  spy  who  on  the  very  battle-front 
takes  his  life  in  his  hands — and,  more  than  that, 
knows  that  if  captured  he  will  fill  a dishonored 
and  unknown  grave — he  is  worthy  of  some  little 
praise. 

Not  until  this  great  war  is  over — and  probably 
not  even  then — will  it  be  known  how  many  men 
and  women,  on  both  sides,  have  laid  down  their 
lives  in  this  way  in  pursuance  of  what  they  be- 
lieved was  their  duty.  And,  just  as  in  the  War  between 
the  States  there  were  men  and  women  spies  who  today 
are  honored  for  their  services  for  North  or  South,  so,  it 
is  sure,  after  this  war,  there  will  be  many  who  will  receive 
their  meed  of  praise  for  their  work — and  its  reward. 

Tales  of  the  German  spy  system  have  been  written 
often;  of  concrete  platforms  erected  within  big-gun  dis- 
tance of  every  important  city  of  France,  England  and 
Belgium;  of  sign-posts  erected  along  European  highways 
with  code  signals  thereon  indicating  strategic  points,  and 
of  the  super-spy  who  with  millions  at  his  command  bought 
up  the  cherished  secrets  of  possible  enemy  nations.  Of 
these  I know  nothing,  but  of  the  actual  work  of  spies  on 
the  front  something  can  be  said. 


NARROW  ESCAPE  FOR  THE  PRINCE 


About  a week  after  the  first  big  “gas  attack”  of  the 
Germans  on  the  Western  front,  H.  R.  H.  the  Prince  of 
Wales,  came  in  his  motor  to  the  little  village  of  Woesten, 
about  two  miles  from  Boesinghe,  where  the  enemy  at- 
tempted to  break  through  on  their  drive  for  Calais. 
From  the  church  tower  of  the  village  it  was  possible  to 
vdew  the  German  lines  and,  much  against  the  wishes  of 
those  with  him,  the  Prince  ascended  the  tower.  Only  a 
few  minutes  were  spent  in  the  village  and  the  party 
quickly  drove  away,  but  within  five  minutes  a brisk  shelling 
took  place  and  one  shell  landed  very  accurately  in  the 
tower  where  ten  minutes  before  the  Prince  had  been 
standing. 

In  the  same  village,  a few  days  later,  two  soldiers  in 
British  uniforms  were  noticed  going  in  and  out  of  the 
church.  The  village  being  in  the  French  lines  and  British 
soldiers  having  no  official  business  there,  some  remark 
was  made  and  an  investigation  started.  From  the  tower 
there  was  found  to  be  a field  telephone  line  leading  to 
the  German  trenches!  The  visits  of  the  men  and  the 
discovery  of  the  line  all  took  place  within  24  hours  so  there 
was  little,  if  any,  harm  done,  but — there  is  a certain 
amount  of  credit  coming  to  the  men  who  took  such  a 
chance  to  do  what  they,  at 
least,  thought  was  a patriotic 
duty. 

The  spies  who  put  on  the 
uniforms  of  their  enemies  and 
thus  endeavor  to  obtain  infor- 
mation or  do  some  damage  to 
their  opponents  are,  as  a rule, 
very  careful  to  mingle  only 
with  those  who  will  find  it 
difficult  to  realize  that  they 
are  not  what  they  seem. 

Thus,  in  the  French  lines 
the  spy  wears  an  English 
uniform,  and  in  the  British 
zone  a French  or  Belgian 
uniform  is  more  or  less  of  a 
passport.  When  the  Belgian 
Army  was  uniformed  last 
summer  in  clothing  much 
resembling  that  worn  by  the 
British  many  German  spies 
were  able  to  get  through  the 
French  lines  and  into  the 
area  occupied  by  General 
French’s  forces.  This  caused 
the  issuance  of  a general  order  to  the  men  of  the  three 
armies  forbidding  them  to  enter  the  district  occupied  by 
the  troops  of  either  of  the  other  two  nations  unless  in 
possession  of  a pass  signed  each  day  by  their  officer  com- 


ROYALTY  VISITS  THE  FRONT  IN  FRANCE 

King  George  and  the  Prime  oj  Wales,  with  President  Poincaire 
and  General  Jofjrc  reviewing  troops  in  France.  W hen  digni 
taries  visit  the  front  their  movements  must  be  quick  and  secret, 
as  enemy  spies  are  likely  to  reveal  their  whereabouts  arul  subject 
them  to  a jurious  bombardment. 


minutes,  but  it  served  one  purpose  in  at  least  stopping 
for  a time  the  activities  of  the  spies. 


CIVILIANS  AS  SPIES 


Not  all  the  spies,  by  any  means,  are  so/tfiers 
who  take  their  lives  in  their  hands  and  face  a 
disgraceful  death  by  assuming  an  enemy’s  uniform, 
and  thus  equipped  enter  their  opponents’  lines. 
It  is,  unfortunately,  true  so  long  as  a high  enough 
bribe  is  offered  there  will  always  be  found  men — 
and  women— who  will  sell  their  country.  So, 
in  many  cases  on-  the  battle  front,  French  and 
Belgian  citizens  were  found  to  be  in  the  pay  of 
the  enemy. 

It  was  undoubtedly  an  inhabitant  of  the  vil- 
lage who  gave  the  news  of  the  visit  of  the 
Prince  of  Wales  to  the  town  near  Ypres.  It  was 
only  a few  weeks  later  that  the  President  of 
France,  accompanied  by  a number  of  high  British 
and  Belgian  officials,  visited  the  same  village  for 
the  purpose  of  viewing  the  preparations  which 
were  being  made  to  repulse  a possible  attack.  Hardly 
had  the  party  arrived  when  word  was  flashed  to  the 
German  lines  and  within  15  minutes  shells  were  drop- 
ping all  around  the  President  and  his  entourage.  One 
man  was  killed  and  twro  wounded  before  the  party"  sought 
safety  in  flight. 

Probably  one  of  the  most  daring  feats  performed  by 
spies  was  when  a score  of  Germans  dressed  themselves 
in  uniforms  of  varous  British  regiments — taken  from  the 
dead,  wounded  or  prisoners — and  marched  boldly  into 
the  French  lines.  When  stopped  by  a French  sentry  who 
asked  where  they  were  going,  the  leader — who  wore  the 
uniform  of  a corporal  of  the  Wiltshire  Regiment — said 
they  were  looking  for  a bathing  place  and  had  been  told 
to  take  that  road.  Had  it  not  happened  that  a British 
staff  officer  was  passing  through  the  village  at  the  time 
they  would  have  gone  on  in  safety,  but  he  stopped  his 
car  and  started  to  question  the  corporal.  He  noticed 
that  the  men  were  wearing  the  insignia  of  different  regi- 
ments and  that  instead  of  every  man  carrying  a towel 
there  was  only  one  towel  in  the  whole  party  and,  also, 
that  they  carried  their  rifles  and  side-arms,  which  is  not 
usually  the  case  with  a bathing  party.  Passing  rapidly 
on  to  the  nearest  post  the  officer  gave  the  alarm,  with  the 
result  that  the  supposed  British  soldiers  were  surrounded 
a little  further  up  the  road,  disarmed  and  questioned. 
When  their  names  appeared  in  the  casualty  lists  later  they 
were  probably  marked  “Missing.” 


BETRAYED  HER  EMPLOYERS 


If  the  Belgians,  after  the  war,  ever  get  possession  of  a 
certain  servant  girl  she  will  not  last  very  long.  The  story 
— which  is  thoroughly  authenticated — is  that  she  was 
for  18  years  in  the  employ  of  a family  in  Ostend.  When  the 
Germans  occupied  that  city  her  employers  remained 
there  and  by  means  of  a wireless  outfit  installed  in  the 
chimney  of  their  house,  gave  information  to  their  fellow- 
countrymen  at  La  Panne.  A reward  of  25,000  francs  was 
offered  for  information  regarding  the  source  of  the  news 
which  was  going  out  and  — 
the  servant  accepted  the 
bribe.  The  wdreless  messages 
ceased  and  the  couple  are  oc- 
cupying one  grave  in  Ostend. 

At  the  outset  of  the  war 
the  Allies  were  what  might 
be  termed  “super-careless” 
regarding  the  possibility  of 
spies  getting  into  their 
ranks.  Now  they  are  just  as 
strong  in  the  other  direction 
and  it  is  practically  impos- 
sible for  even  the  most  harm- 
less civilian  to  approach  the 
real  front,  no  matter  how 
good  an  excuse  he  can  give. 
Red  Cross  units  furnished  a 
great  chance  for  spies  until 
the  British  government 
united  with  the  French  in 
suppressing  their  activities 
and  insisted  that  they 
should  not  get  nearer  than 
Calais  and  Boulogne  or,  in 
some  special  cases,  Dunkirk. 
For  this  reason  it  is  true,  despite  stories  to  the  con- 
trary, that  the  only  Red  Cross  or  volunteer  organization 
within  reasonable  distance  of  the  real  front  in  Belgium  are 
a Quaker  organization  and  the  American  Ambulance.Corpe. 


manding.  It  was,  of  course,  rather  a 
nuisance  to  have  to  issue  a dozen  such 
passes  a day  and  to  have  to  show  your 
own  British  Army  pass  every  few 


CHURCH  WHERE  SPIES  WERE  FOUND 

It  is  in  Woesten,  near  Ypres,  and  it  was  from  its  tower  that 
the  Prince  of  Wales  viewed  the  German  lines  and  missed  death 
from  a shell  by  a margin  of  only  a few  minutes.  Later  a German 
secret  telephone  system  was  foun  t in  the  church.  The  building 
has  since  been  totally  destroyed  by  shell  fire. 


ONLY  WOMAN  NURSE  AT  THE  FRONT 

Mile.  FM-.abeth  Vander  Ghote,  daughter  of  the  Water' 
works  Commissioner  of  Ypres  was  the  only  woman  nurse 
with  the  British  Red  Cross  in  the  Ypres  section.  She 
was  interpreter  for  the  unit.  She  is  shown  standing 
in  front  of  her  demolished  home.  Her  fearlessness  was 
remarkable 


THESE  ANIMALS  WENT  TO  WA 


UNDERWOOD  ft  UNDERWOOD 


**  . 


S’-' 


AN  AVIATOR’S  PLAYMATE 
Lieut.  Effinoff,  the  Russian  aviator,  might  have  chosen 
a more  appropriate  mascot  than  this  lion  cub. 


FIRST  AID  TO  A FIRST-AID  DOG 
Animals  of  many  kinds  have  found  their  way  into  the  trenches 
as  mascots  or  for  practical  use.  Some  of  the  most  valuable  animals, 
in  warfare  have  been  the  Red  Cross  dogs.  They  search 
battlefields  for  wounded  and  by  barking  or  otherwise  at- 
tract rescuers.  A French  Red  Cross  man  is  bandaging 
the  wounds  this  dumb  hero  received  in  action. 


A MASCOT  WITH  A FAMOUS  NAME 
Perhaps  it  was  because  he  loves  a fight  that  the  e British 
territorials  named  their  pet  “Roosevelt.”  The  cub  is  as  fond 
of  his  companions  as  they  are  of  him  and  their  military  ap- 
pearance gives  him  no  alarm. 


RUSSIAN  PETS.  GERMAN  BY  ADOPTION 
The  little  pig  that  went  to  market  went  to  30  cents  a pound.  The  little  pig 
that  stayed  at  home  soon  followed  his  brother  to  market.  This  little  pig 
went  to  war  as  a Russian  pet  but  when  the  victory  went  to  the  Germans  he 
went  with  it.  The  fawn  and  the  colt  were  also  adopted  as  pets — until  the 
Colt  should  be  big  enough  to  be  useful  and  the  scant  meat  supply  should 
create  a demand  for  venison  steak. 


EACH  PHOTO  NEW 8 


ALL  ASHORE  AT  SALONIKA 
The  average  length  of  a horse’s  life  in  actual  service  is 
short.  The  cost  of  transporting  horses  is  enormous  but  the 
need  for  them  is  so  great  that  the  supply  falls  far  short. 


JUMBO,  THE  BURDEN-BEARER  BR0WN  BRue 
No  peanuts  reward  this  faithful  German  servant  at 
the  end  of  a hard  day’s  work.  Peanuts  are  a circus 
by-product,  and  his  life  is  no  circus. 


. HI 


PACH  PHOTO  NEWS 


COPYRIGHT  UNDERWOOD  ft  UNDERWOOD 


BROWN  BROS. 


OWLS  THAT  DO  TRENCH  FIGHTING 
The  French  soldiers  petted  these  owls  in  the  day- 
time and  disturbed  their  slumber.  In  return  the 
owls  made  the  soldiers’  nights  more  comfortable 
by  catching  the  rats  in  the  trenches. 


UP  IN  FRONT  WITH  THE  BAND 
Private  William  Goat  of  the  Welsh  Fusiliers  should  not  be 
permitted  to  lead  the  march,  because,  as  is  plainly  seen,  he 
is  only  half  in  step.  His  hind  feet  are  all  right  but  he’s  all 
out  of  step  in  front,  but  the  Tommies  love  him  just  the  same. 


EVEN  THE  CAMEL  IS  ENLISTED 
Fish,  flesh,  fowl  and  good  red  herring  all  have  been  pressed  into  ser- 
vice. Even  the  “Ship  of  the  Desert”  is  doing  war  duty  in  Egypt. 
The  native  driver  has  been  halted  by  an  Australian  guard  on  the 
banks  of  the  Suez  Canal. 


BUTTE  BUILDS  BIGGEST  ELK 
It  is  quite  the  proper  thing  to  build  a gigantic  statue  of  an  elk  in  the 
city  that  is  to  entertain  a B.  P.  O.  E.  convention,  but  Butte,  Mont., 
went  all  its  predecessors  one  better,  by  far,  by  building  the  biggest 
one  yet  devised  and  by  making  it  of  a different  material — high-grade 
copper  ore.  This  elk  was  65  feet  high  and  spanned  the  main  street.  The 
State  Convention  of  Elks  was  in  session  in  Butte  the  first  five  days  of 
July  and  had  a magnificent  reception  from  the  citizens,  famed  even  in 
the  prodigal  West  for  their  open-handed  hospitality. 


FROM  THE  SPHERE,  LONDON.  COPYRIGHT  IN  U.  8.  BY  N.  T.  HERALD  CO. 

SIGHTED  BY  ITS  VICTIM 
A hostile  submarine  emerging  from  behind  a neutral  sailing  vessel  to  attack  a British  cargo  boat.  This  draw- 
ing by  G.  H.  Davis  depicts  an  actual  happening,  the  submarine  having  managed  cleverly  to  keep  the  sailing 
vessel  between  itself  and  its  intended  victim  until  the  latter  was  within  range. 


MOBILE  SWEPT  BY  WIND  AND  WrATER 

A terrific  hurricane  swept  the  Gulf  coast  region  and  did  much  damage.  Mobile,  Ala.,  seeming  to  get  the  full  fury  of  the 
storm.  The  wind  drove  the  waters  of  the  bay  back  on  the  city  until  some  streets  were  submerged  to  a depth  of  10  feet. 
The  property  loss  is  estimated  at  $10,000,000  and  about  50  people  were  killed  along  the  coast.  The  photograph  shows  a 
street  in  Mobile  after  the  water  had  subsided.  Floods  in  the  South  Atlantic  States  did  millions  of  damage  July,  1916. 


SAMM0S8 

PROMOTES  AMERICAN 
TRADE 

C M.  Yang,  appointed  by  the 
Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Com- 
merce of  China  as  Commercial 
Commissioner  to  the  United 
States,  made  the  trip  from  Shang- 
hai to  the  United  States  by  the 
American  steamer  China,  which 
is  said  to  have  the  distinction  of 
being  the  only  ship  flying  the 
American  flag  and  chiefly  owned 
by  Americans  of  Chinese  origin. 


FOR  28  YEARS  HE  HAS  BEEN  SANTA  CLAUS  TO  THE  CHILDREN  OF  HIS  TOWN 
Twenty-eight  years  ago  William  Asher,  of  Freeport,  111.,  found  grow  on  a man,  Mr.  Asher  in  1916  distril 

two  boys  who  were  too  sure  that  Santa  Claus  would  miss  them  to  packages  to  the  children  of  Freeport  and 

have  any  confidence  in  the  old  saint.  Mr.  Asher  proved  for  country.  The  cares  of  his  self-assumed  role  d< 

them  conclusively  Santa's  existence  by  arriving  opportunely  impaired  his  health,  but  rather  to  have  prosp* 

with  bundles  of  gifts.  Just  to  show  how  a habit  of  that  kind  may  rels,  bags,  pails  and  boxes  are  part  of  Mr.  Ash 


HAS  READ  LESLIE'S  FOR  61  YEARS 
The  man  who  writes  letters  to  the  paper  and  signs 
himself  “Constant  Reader"  should  hunt  another 
nom  de  plume  and  leave  that  title  to  D.  B.  Hines  of 
Omaha,  Neb.  In  61  years  Mr.  Hines  has  not  been 
without  good  reading  matter,  as  the  picture  shows. 
He  still  preserves  the  first  issue  of  Leslie’s,  dated 
December  15,  1855,  and  he  has  read  every  succeeding 
issue.  Mr.  Hines  is  67  years  old. 


HE  HAS  INSPECTED  80,000,000  EGGS 
In  the  29  years  Nathan  Glass  of  Cleveland  has  been 
telling  the  past,  present  and  future  of  eggs,  about 
80,000,000  have  passed  through  his  hands.  He  can 
tell  when  an  egg  was  laid,  how  the  egg  has  been 
preserved  and  whether  it  should  be  used  or  buried.  He 
probably  never  had  time  to  figure  out  that  80,000,000 
eggs  are  6,666,666  dozens,  valued  at  $4,999,999,  nor 
how  far  80,000,000  eggs  would  reach  if  laid  end  to  end. 


HARRIS  <t  EWING 

OLDEST  AND  YOUNGEST  SAILORS 
They  couldn’t  get  home  for  Christmas,  so  Lloyd  Cornell, 
aged  16,  and  James  McCarthy,  aged  61,  went  up  to  the 
White  House  to  greet  the  President  on  Christmas  Day. 
They  claim  to  be  the  youngest  and  oldest  seamen  doing 
active  service  in  the  Atlantic  fleet. 


THESE  WOMEN  CAPTURED  EVERY  OFFICE 
When  election  day,  December  5th,  dawned,  Mayor  E.  E.  Starcher,  of  Umatilla,  Ore.,  Councilman 
C.  G.  Brownell,  and  the  incumbents  of  the  other  municipal  offices  rose,  cheerful  in  the  calm 
confidence  of  re-election.  When  that  day’s  sun  set,  the  mayor  had  yielded  his  office  to  his  wife 
who  had  beaten  him  at  the  polls;  Mrs.  C.  G.  Brownell  had  defeated  her  husband,  and  the 
offices  of  auditor  and  treasurer,  as  well  as  the  council  seats,  had  all  gone  to  the  women.  Neither 
of  the  defeated  husbands  knew  his  wife  was  running  for  office.  The  plan  to  capture  the  city  had 


IN  THE  TOWN  FROM  MAYOR  TO  MARSHAL 

its  beginning  in  a little  afternoon  tea  affair  where  it  was  unanimously  agreed  that  Umatilla 
needed  a business  administration  by  people  who  would  do  more  directing  and  less  drifting. 
Mrs.  Starcher  (at  the  left)  says  that  the  new  administration  will  be  thoroughly  business-like 
and  her  first  appointment  will  be  an  energetic  woman  as  marshal.  The  others  in  the  group 
above  are,  left  to  right,  Treasurer-elect  Mrs.  Robert  Merrick;  Councilwomen-elect,  Mrs.  Cyril 
G.  Brownell,  Mrs.  Roy  F.  Paulu,  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Means,  and  Recorder-elect,  Mrs.  Jack  Cherry0 


MYRIADS  OF  FLORIDA  FISH  KILLED  BY  GAS 

During  the  first  two  weeks  of  October  immense  numbers  of  dead  fish  were  cast 
up  on  the  shores  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  in  the  vicinity  of  Boca  Grande,  Fla.  Our 
correspondent  writes  that  on  October  3d  the  sea  was  covered  with  dead  fish  as 
far  as  the  eye  could  see.  These  were  mostly  small  fish.  After  two  days  the 
phenomenon  ended,  but  on  October  18th  it  began  again,  with  increased  violence. 
Many  large  fish  were  cast  up  dead.  The  jew  fish  in  the  photograph  was  estimated 
to  weigh  300  pounds.  Observers  noticed  the  presence  of  an  odorless  but  very 
irritant  gas,  which  seemed  to  come  from  the  waters  of  the  gulf,  and  which 
probably  killed  the  fish.  At  times  the  gas  was  noticeable  half  a mile  inland.  It 
caused  a burning  sensation  in  the  throat  and  a violent  headache.  Local  scientists 
believe  that  it  originated  in  some  subterranean  convulsion  of  a volcanic  nature. 


AEROPLANES  SHOT  DOWN  BY  CAPTAIN  BOELCKE 
Remains  of  the  31st  and  32d  aeroplanes  shot  down  by  the  famous  German  aviator,  Captain  Boelcke, 
who  was  later  killed  in  an  encounter  with  a British  airman.  Before  meeting  his  death  Boelcke 
had  destroyed  40  enemy  aeroplanes.  All  the  occupants  but  two  were  killed.  Boelcke  had  been 
repeatedly  decorated  for  his  exploits  and  was  the  idol  of  the  German  aviation  service.  His  record  O { 
enemy  ’planes  destroyed  had  not  been  approached  bv  anv  other  airman  on  either  side 


BABM  £&  EWING 

HALF  A MILLION 
WOMEN  SWINDLED 
OUT  OF  DIMES 

The  sacks  in  the  photo- 
graph contain  70,000  let- 
ters, each  enclosing  a dime 
in  payment  for  a $4.50 
“1917  Model’*  silk  petti- 
coat, offered  on  an  end- 
less chain  scheme  by  a 
Minneapolis  firm.  The 
postoffice  department  de- 
cided the  scheme  was 
fraudulent  and  held  up  the 
mail.  Half  a million 
letters  accumulated  in  the 
Minneapolis  postoffice. 
Three  hundred  thousand 
bore  return  cards  and  were 
sent  back.  The  200,000 
went  to  the  Dead  Letter 
office  to  be  opened  and 
returned  if  possible.  It 
costs  the  government  about 
10  cents  apiece  to  handle 
such  letters.  About  $70,- 
000  a year  accrues  to  the 
government  from  remit- 
tances contained  in  letters 
whose  senders  cannot  b© 
identified. 


NINETEEN  DIE  IN  HOSPITAL  FIRE  chesterfield  «t  «c lark* 

St.  Elizabeth’s  Hospital,  at  Famham,  Que.,  was  burned  one  evening  in  October,  1916,  and  six 
men,  eight  women  and  five  children  lost  their  lives.  The  photograph  shows  the  ruins  on  the 
next  morning.  Several  bodies  were  taken  from  the  pile  of  d6bris  in  the  foreground.  There 
were  218  persons  in  the  building  when  the  fire  started.  It  spread  with  frightful  rapidity.  One 
nun  saved  45  children  by  handing  them  from  a third  floor  balcony  to  firemen  on  ladders. 


JANET  M.  CUMMINGS 

A TRENCH  ON  THE  SOMME  TAKEN  BY  THE  CANADIANS 
Several  battalions  of  Canadian  troops  have  played  a prominent  part  in  the 
battle  of  the  Somme,  and  have  taken  trenches  with  great  spirit.  One  of  these 
positions,  battered  to  pieces  by  artillery,  is  here  shown.  The  horror  of  the 
scene  is  enhanced  f>y  millions  of  flies  that  hover  around  and  swarm  over  the 
dead.  One  of  the  hardest  things  to  endure  in  the  trenches  in  summer  is  the  flies. 


Harris  <fc  ewing 

PAIR  DELEGATE  PROM 
SALVADOR 

Senorita  Conchita  Guirola,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Rafael  Guirola,  of  Salvador, 
attended  the  great  Pan-American 
Conference  at  Washington  as  a dele- 
gate to  the  women’s  section.  She 
was  very  popular  in  Washington  and 
was  much  entertained.  She  is  one 
of  the  belles  of  her  country . 


INDICTED  FOR  CONSPIRACY  TO  RESTRAIN  TRADE 


The  federal  grand  jury  sitting  in  New  York  City  returned 
indictments  against  several  prominent  labor  leaders  and 
others  for  violation  of  the  Sherman  law  by  conspiring 
to  restrain  trade  through  plots  to  cripple  factories  mak- 
ing munitions.  The  preliminary  hearing  of  the  accused 
was  set  for  January  20th.  Former  Congressman  H. 
Robert  Fowler,  of  Illinois;  Henry  B.  Martin  and  Her- 


man Schulteis  were  arrested  in  Washington.  They  are 
shown  with  their  counsel  and  others  interested  in  the 
case.  From  left  to  right  in  front  row:  Congressman 
Robert  P.  Hill,  of  Illinois;  Henry  Davis,  counsel  for  the 
indicted;  H.  Robert  Fowler  H.  B.  Martin  and  Herman 
Schulteis.  U.  S.  Commissioner  Taylor,  whose  court  held 
the  hearing  of  the  accused,  is  the  man  with  the  beard. 


is  not  the  first  American-born 
British  lord.  John  Singleton 
Copley,  born  in  Boston  in  1772, 
became  Lord  Lyndhurst.  Sir 
Thomas  Shaughnessy,  the 
Canadian  railroad  man  later 
made  a peer,  was  born  in  the 
United  States. 


PENSION  FOR  CAR  DRIVER 

The  New  York  Railways  Company  has 
retired  Thomas  Donovan  on  a pension  of 
$29.85  a month  for  the  rest  of  his  life, 
in  recognition  of  his  51  years  of  faithful 
service  as  driver  of  horse  cars  and  motor- 
man  on  electric  cars.  He  is  71  years  old. 
He  says  that  in  all  his  51  years’  service 
he  never  started  upon  his  day’s  work 
without  a prayer  that  his  car  would  not 
kill  any  one.  And  it  never  did.  This 
veteran  has  implicit  faith  in  the  efficacy 
of  praver. 


mmm 


m 


44 


. 


WORKING  FOR  WOMEN 

Miss  Grace  Joy  Lewis,  who  was  the  first 
Chinese  student  to  enroll  in  the  domestic 
science  course  at  the  University  of  Cali 
fornia,  plans  to  return  to  China  and  open 
a college  for  women  in  Shanghai.  She 
wants  to  teach  Chinese  women  how  to 
become  good  wives  and  mothers.  She 
does  not  ignore  the  fact  that  they  have  a 
reputation  of  several  thousand  years’ 
standing  in  that  respect,  but  thinks  there 
are  many  things  they  might  learn  from 
Western  civilization. 


THE  PRESIDENT  ON  HIS  INTERRCPTED  HONEYMOON 


President  Wilson  felt  compelled  to  cut  short  his  honey- 
moon at  Hot  Springs,  Va.,  and  hurry  back  to  Washing- 
ton to  take' charge  of  the  negotiations  with  Austria  over 
the  submarine  attacks  on  merchant  ships  in  the  Medi- 


terranean. At  Hot  Springs  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  secluded 
themselves.  Photographers  were  not  allowed  to  ap- 
proach them,  but  one  man  got  this  snap.  The  man  behind 
the  President  and  his  wife  is  a secret  service  operative. 


ASTOR  MADE  A PEER 
William  Waldorf  Astor.  born 
an  American,  but  naturalized 
as  a British  subject  in  1899, 
has  been  made  a peer  by  King 
George.  His  benefactions,  said 
to  exceed  $5,000,000,  were  his 
claim  to  the  honor.  Mr.  Astor 


TEXAS  GIRLS  TRAIN  FOR  WAR 

The  Girls  National  Honor  Guard  held  a camp  at  Lake  Worth,  near  Ft.  Worth,  Texas,  in 
August.  The  recruits  numbered  150,  and  came  from  the  best  families  of  a score  of  Texas 
cities.  Lieutenant  W.  H.  Henderson,  U.  S.  A.,  was  detailed  to  drill  the  girls,  but  they  did 
all  their  own  work,  even  to  putting  up  the  tencs,  as  3hown  in  the  photograph.  Owing  to  the 
failure  of  the  tents  to  arrive  on  time  the  girls  had  to  sleep  in  the  open  air  for  two  nights. 


RioGtBmrv 


SCORES  BURNED  BY  BLAZING  GASOLINE 


Burning  oil  tank  at  Charles  City,  la.,  where,  in  August,  1916, 
three  people  were  killed,  10  maimed  for  life  and  more  than  100 
severely  burned  by  the  explosion  of  1,000  gallons  of  gasoline. 
The  fire  started  from  an  engine  used  to  pump  oil  from  cars  to 
the  Standard  Oil  Company’s  storage  tanks.  It  spread  to  the 
gasoline  tank,  which  exploded,  sending  a column  of  burning  liquid 
to  a height  estimated  at  three-quarters  of  a mile,  which  spread 

out  in  mushroom  shape  and 
fell  over  a circle  of  a mile 
in  diameter,  raining  death 
and  injury  on  a large 
crowd  of  spectators.  Many 
people  were  trampled  in 
the  wild  rush  to  escape. 


TOPEKA.  KANSAS. 

Out  in  Topeka,  where  the  people  are  nothing  if  not  progressive,  the  public 
play  grounds  are  being  popularized  by  means  of  an  annual  doll  parade. 
Prizes  are  offered  for  the  prettiest,  best-dressed,  oddest  and  best  home- 


HAS  A DOLL  PARADE 

made  dolls.  At  the  1916  parade  one  public  school  had  a float  of  dolls 
all  made  of  peanuts.  Five  hundred  children  marched  in  the  parade  through 
the  capitol  grounds  and  thousands  of  spectators  were  present. 


KABEBIBR 

SAW  CZARS  TROOPS  IN  ACTION 

Lucian  Swift  Kirtland.  staff  correspond- 
ent for  Leslie’s,  who,  in  1916,  returned 
from  Russia,  where  he  was  one  of  three 
foreign  correspondents  to  get  permission 
to  visit  the  Russian  front  that  summer — 
the  other  two  permits  going  to  London 
Times  men.  He  traveled  along  the  front 
of  General  Kuropatkin’s  armies,  from 
Dwinsk  to  Riga,  and  was  everywhere 
shown  the  greatest  courtesy.  The  officers 
told  him  that  he  was  the  first  foreign  cor- 
respondent to  visit  that  front  since  the 
war  began. 


BBRNBK 

EMPRESS  EUGENIE  ACTIVE  AT 
NINETY 

Empress  Eugenie,  once  the  most  beautiful 
woman  in  France,  and  who  is  shown  in  the 
photograph  above  in  the  full  bloom  of  her 
mature  beauty,  in  1916  passed  her  90th 
birthday  and  is  still  active  and  takes  a 
deep  interest  in  the  war,  in  which  France, 
of  which  she  was  once  empress,  and 
England,  which  gave  her  a home  after 
the  downfall  of  Napoleon  III,  have  so 
much  at  stake.  She  has  converted  a part 
of  her  beautiful  home,  Famborough, 
Hampshire,  into  a hospital  for  wounded 
officers.  The  empress  is  described  as  the 
"most  independent  woman  of  90  in 
Europe,”  being  disinclined  to  depend 
upon  the  energies  of  her  attendants  and 
friends.  Her  correspondence  is  large  and 
she  answers  it  in  a clear,  firm  hand. 


fly  in  France,  where  she  went  to  join  her  husband  there  with  'he  American  ambulance  corps. 
Miss  Harriet  Quimby,  of  Leslie's  editorial  staff,  whose  tragic  death  at  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1912, 
shocked  the  world,  was  the  first  American  woman  licensed  to  fly  a monoplane. 


‘•THE  INFANT  SKY  PILOT” 

That  is  what  the  men  of  the  Fourth  Ohio 
National  Guard  Regiment  call  the  Rev. 
Avery  G.  Clinger,  their  chaplain,  because 
he  is  only  28  years  old.  It  is  claimed  he 
is  the  youngest  chaplain  in  the  service. 
He  comes  of  a fighting  family  and  enlisted 
as  a private. 


BIRiHDAYS  ARE  BUNCHED 
George  C.  Young,  twice  mayor  of  Cum 
berland,  Md.,  and  his  son 
and  daughter  were  all  bom 
on  the  same  day  of  the  month, 

July  28th.  George  Me  Alpine 

Young  is  three  years  old  and  ” 

his  sister,  Jane  King,  one 

year  old.  / ^ 


THIS  JUDGE  WALKED  100  MILES 


JUSTICE  ANDREWS  TAKING  HIS  MORNING  RIDE 


BOZELL 


The  Hon.  Joseph  W.  Woodrough,  United  States  District  judge,  knows  the  joys  of  the  open 
road.  In  1916  he  walked  from  his  home  at  Seymour  Lake,  near  Omaha,  to  North  Platte, 
Neb.,  a distance  of  100  miles,  to  hold  court.  With  Carl  Roehmer  (to  the  right  in  the  picture) 
for  a companion  the  judge  made  the  trip  in  three  days.  After  holding  court  for  a week  he  took 
a trip  by  train  to  San  Francisco. 


Former  Chief  Justice  Charles  Andrews,  of  the  New  York  Court  of  Appeals, 
still  goes  every  morning  for  a ride  on  his  favorite  horse — a custom  that  he 
has  continued  since  1876.  He  was  89  years  old  on  May  17,  1916,  retains  his 
interest  in  outdoor  sports  and  is  an  enthusiastic  fisherman.  His  home  is  in 
Syracuse,  of  which  place  he  is  the  most  distinguished  citizen. 


AMERICA,  THE  WORLD’S 


SINCE  America  was  disco vere( 
added  to  the  original  seven  wc 
America  was  rediscovered  Amei 
what  these  additional  wonders  . 
the  world,  equal  in  area  to  the  > 
are  so  many  marvelous  sights  to 
States  alone  there  are  over  20 
Grand  Canyon,  Yellowstone,  Gla 
National  Parks,  Royal  Gorge,  tl 
Alaska,  the  Great  Lakes,  Salt 
Colorado,  the  Salton  Sea,  Big  Tn 
moth  Cave,  Luray  Caverns,  tl 
prehistoric  ruins  of  New  Mexico 
Indians.  Where  in  the  wide  woi 
less  expenditure  of  money  and 
“land  of  the  free  and  the  home  c 


T1IE  WORLD'S  GREA'  M 

Yoscmitc  Falls,  Yoscmitc  National  Park** 
down  the  sheer,  precipitous  rock  walls,  tun  d 
Yosemite  is  nearly  500  feet  higher  than  & 
Grand  Falls  of  Labrador,  2,000  feet  l in; 

Zealand,  with  a heifl  1,; 


WHY  GO  TO  THE  ALPS? 

Scaling  the  dizzy  heights  of  the  Canadian  Rockies  near  Glacier,  B.  C., 
under  the  direction  of  experienced  Swiss  guides.  Surely  nothing  in  Switzer- 
land can  surpass  for  grandeur  the  rugged,  towering  peaks  of  the  great  west- 
ern range  of  North  American  mountains,  which  offer  as  precipitous  and 
hazardous  climbs  as  the  Jungfrau  and  the  Matterhorn. 


ONE  OF  YELLOWSTONE’S  MARVELS 
Perhaps  the  most  renowned  of  its  kind  in  the  world  is  Old  Faith- 
ful Geyser,  in  Yellowstone  Park,  whose  performances,  with 
scarcely  a variation,  are  mysteriously  timed  by  Nature  to  one 
eruption  every  65  minutes.  Night  and  day  throughout  the  ages 
LG rr  opvQprs  has  exnelled  nparlv 


ONE  NEVER  THINKS  OF  GLACIER  PARK  WITHOUT  INDIANS 


Blackfoot  Indian  chiefs  fording  beautiful  St.  Mary’s  River  in 
Glacier  Park.  There  is  something  unique  in  the  topography  of 
Glacier  Park,  something  that  sets  it  distinctly  apart  from  other  sec- 
tions of  the  country.  It  is  a region  of  mountains  and  glaciers. 
Nearly  100  mountain  peaks  ranging  from  7,000  to  over  10,000  feet 


high  are  generally  accessible  to  tourists,  although  there  are  hun- 
dreds of  unsealed  peaks  still  awaiting  the  venturesome  explorer. 
The  park  contains  more  glaciers  than  any  other  area  in  the  world 
of  equal  size.  Within  its  confines,  there  are  no  less  than  80  of  these 
great  ice  masses  from  which  the  park  derives  its  name. 


GREATEST  WONDERLAND 


'•^wwA.  •r*- 


iy  wonders  have  been 
s of  the  world.  Since 
i have  been  learning 
In  no  other  part  of 
American  continent, 
een.  In  the  United 
d-wonders  including 
Ifosemiteand  Rainier 
jache  Trail,  Niagara, 
, the  Salt  Desert  of 
le  Mississippi,  Mam- 
;t rifted  Forests,  the 
our  native  American 
,n  you  get  more  with 
gy  than  here  in  the 
brave”? 


THE  EARTH  S GREATEST  NATURAL  WONDER 


and  lava  by  the  erosive  power  of  the  rushing,  mighty  stream,  which  from  the 
top  of  the  canyon  appears  a mere  ribbon,  although  it  is  several  hundred  feet  wide. 
Many  watch  it  with  tear-dimmed  eyes;  others,  spellbound,  feel  the  supreme 
presence  of  the  Almighty  on  beholding  this,  the  world’s  sublimest  spectacle. 


The  sublime  Grand  Canyon  of  the  Colorado  River  in  Arizona  has  no  counter- 
part on  earth.  Perhaps  no  single  natural  feature  of  the  world  has  been  the 
source  of  more  scientific  study  than  this  great  cleft  in  the  earth’s  surface  more 
than  a mile  deep  and  from  two  to  fifteen  miles  wide,  worn  through  earth,  rock 


COURTIS Y SANTA  FB  RaILKoAD 

WATERFALL 

omia,  which  in  its  three  leaps 
distance  of  almost  half  a mile, 
orld’s  next  highest  waterfalls, 
nd  Sutherland  Falls  in  New 


* 

■Zr. 

1,904  feet. 


MAN  AIDING  NATURE’S  HANDIWORK 

Crown  Point,  Columbia  River  Highway,  to  be  dedicated  on  June  7th.  The  highway  here 
takes  a turn  700  feet  above  the  Columbia  River  and  then  drops  500  feet  in  two  miles.  The 
first  40  miles  of  the  new  roadway,  which  is  over  300  miles  long  and  entirely  in  the  State  of 
Oregon,  extending  from  the  mouth  of  the  Columbia  to  Dalles,  cost  $2,000,000.  The  highway  was 
built  by  local  appropriation,  State  aid  and  popular  subscription. 


CAN  NORWAY  SURPASS  THIS? 

Intrepid  tourists  looking  down  into  one  of  the  yawning  crevasses  of  Paradise 
Glacier  in  Mount  Rainier  National  Park,  Washington,  100  square  miles 
of  which  are  occupied  by  Mt.  Rainier,  the  second  highest  peak  in  the  United 
States.  Its  glacial  area,  over  45  square  miles  in  extent,  including  18  or  20 
separate  glaciers,  exceeds  that  of  any  other  peak  in  the  country. 


WAR’S  HUMAN  WRECKS 

CARING  FOR  THE  WOUNDED  IN  THE  GREAT  EUROPEAN  CONFLICT 

BY  DR.  WILLIAM  ALDERSON 


WAR’S  LIFE-SAVERS  AT  WORK 

French  ambulance  corps  removing  some  oj  the  wounded  from  the  bloody  battle- 
field of  the  Yser. 


Editor’s  Note. — This  is  one  of  a noted  writer’s  moving 
tales  of  experience  in  the  world  war.  Dr.  Alder  son  acquired 
personal  knowledge  of  the  situation  by  many  months’  service 
in  the  medical  corps  at  the  front  and  he  tells  his  story  with 
rare  skill. 

IT  was  a rain-soaked  note,  written  on  a scrap  of  paper 
evidently  torn  from  a note-book,  that  the  motorcycle 
orderly  handed  me.  Written  in  all  formality  it 
merely  requested  that,  if  not  putting  me  to  much  trouble, 
would  it  be  possible  to  send  ambulances  to  Zuydschoote 
for  the  purpose  of  bringing  in  some  wounded.  The  appeal 
was  in  the  closing  lines:  “We  have  suffered  much!”  The 
note  was  signed  by  the  Commandant  of  the  French  Marines, 
beloved  by  officers  and  men  alike,  and  I knew  that  his 
need  must  be  great. 

To  get  to  Zuydschoote  from  Elverdinghe  a winding 
road  through  fields  and  farms  had  to  be  taken.  The  vil- 
lage was  a typical  Belgian  settlement;  just  one  street  with, 
perhaps,  two-score  houses  on  it;  a church,  post-office  and 
half  a dozen  estaminets  (little  cafes).  Now,  all  that  is 
left  is  a portion  of  the  church  tower  and  one  wall,  frag- 
ments of  the  walls  of  less  than  a dozen  of  the  houses  and 
the  rest — merely  heaps  of  bricks  and  stones. 

THEY  DID  THEIR  FULL  DUTY 

The  marines  were  a division  of  the  Ninth  French  Army, 
to  which  at  that  time  I was  attached.  They  had  been 
ordered  into  Zuydschoote  and  told  to  hold  it,  and  they  did 
their  duty.  Two  thousand  of  them  went  into  that  village 
and  a week  later  less  than  500  were  able  to  march  out  of 
it.  The  balance  were  either  buried  in  the  fields  or  were 
on  their  way  to  hospitals  in  the  south  of  France — maimed 
for  life.  They  were  not  the  regular  “handy  men”  either. 
They  were  reserve  men — fishermen,  'longshoremen  and  such 
from  the  ports  of  southern  France  who  had  served  their 
time  in  the  navy.  Mostly  of  middle  age  and  older,  they  had 
none  of  the  rash  enthusiasm  of  youth.  They  were  settled  in 
their  little  seaside  occupations  when  the  call  came.  When 
the  ambulances  went  up  in  the  early  dawn  for  their 
wounded  there  was  always  a score  from  the  trenches  who 
had  fistfuls  of  letters  and  postal  cards  to  send  back  to  the 
base — and  95  per  cent,  of  them  were  addressed  to  “Bon 
Femme”  or  “ Ma  Famille.”  Seven  ambulances  and  a 
wagon,  all,  of  course,  motors,  were  all  we  had  at  Woesten 
(three  miles  from  Zuydschoote)  when  the  call  came.  While 
the  orderly  was  having  a cup  of  hot  coffee  a call  was  issued 
for  volunteers.  All  responded  and  the  drivers  were  picked 
— this  causing  much  dissatisfaction  among  those  left. 

A THRILLING  RIDE 

As  it  happened,  the  driver  of  No.  13  Ambulance  knew 
the  road  best,  having  been  over  it  with  me  several  times. 
So  I elected  that  he  should  lead  the  procession  with  me 
beside  him  on  the  front  seat.  No  lights  could  be  used  and 
a knowledge  of  the  shell  holes — some  of  them  four  feet 
deep  in  places — was  necessary.  It  is  needless  to  say  that 
it  was  raining.  In  addition  there  was  a cold  wind  and  the 
roads  were  knee  deep  in  mud.  From  Woesten  to  Elver- 
dinghe there  “was  nothing  to  report.”  It  was  merely 
a case  of  dodging  regiments  going  in  and  out — slipping 
past  ammunition  trains  hurrying  to  the  insatiable  guns — 
crowding  into  the  ditch  as  a car  driven  by  a wild  Parisian 


chauffeur  dashed  past  bearing  staff  officers  T 
to  the  front — and  stopping  now  and  then  an 
incoming  convoy  of  horse-driven  ambulances 
to  ask  “how  is  it  up  there?”  At  last  into 
Elverdinghe — and  the  tide  of  traffic  swings 
off  to  the  right  toward  Y pres.  We  are  bound 
the  other  way,  where  the  marines  are  hold- 
ing the  line.  A warning  to  the  drivers  and 
orderlies  not  to  strike  a light  and  to  put  out 
all  cigarettes,  and  we  turned  to  the  left  and 
were  out  on  the  road  to  Zuydschoote. 

We  cannot  take  the  main  road  through 
Boesinghe  (where  the  first  big  gas  attack 
came  later  and  where  Canada  gave  her  best 
to  save  the  Empire)  because  the  road  is 
being  shelled  and  we  would  be  in  view  of 
the  enemy  trenches  when  the  star  shells 
broke,  so  we  must  take  our  way  by  a wind- 
ing road  through  the  fields.  A foot  deviation 
on  either  side — and  there’s  a two-foot  drop 
into  a ditch.  I had  to  remember  where  the 
shell  holes  were  and  I was  bound  not  to  show 
hesitation  or  fear — for  that’s  the  officer’s 
part!  Came  a period  of  running  ahead  and 
throwing  a small  flashlight  on  the  edge  of  the 
shell  holes.  “Twenty-two’s in  the  ditch,  sir,” 
was  the  next  thing.  “Tell  him  to  get  in 
further  so  that  the  other  cars  can  get  past 
and  then  make  his  best  way  out,”  is  the  reply. 

THE  HORRORS  OF  WAR 

Past  an  old  farmhouse  and  mill — now  in  ruins — and 
then  the  shells  start  falling  along  the  road.  The  Germans 
evidently  think  that  a regiment  is  coming  in  to  relieve 


FIRST  AID  TO  THE  INJURED 

A wounded  Belgian  being  carried  away  on  his  rifle 
from  the  fighting  line  at  Lebbeke. 

the  marines  and,  just  for  fun,  are  dropping  shells  at  fifteen- 
minute  intervals.  None  strike  us,  but  a green  driver  gets 

nervous  and  there's  another 
car  in  the  ditch!  Another 
swing  to  the  left  and  we  are 
in  Zuydschoote.  Under  the 
light  of  the  star  shells  we  see 
the  stretch  of  ruined  houses 
and,  on  the  left,  the  wall  of 
the  church  with  the  frag- 
ments of  its  tower.  I n front 
was  the  cross  with  the  Christ 
on  it  bending  his  gaze  on  the 
ruin  and  desolation  of  “civi- 
lized” warfare.  Just  as  we 
get  in,  a double  battery  of  the 
famous  “Soixante-quinze” 
opens  up.  They  are  just  be- 
hind the  village  and  along 
the  road  which  parallels 
the  German  trenches.  The 
"Crash!  Crash!”  of  the 
guns;  the  whine  of  the  shells 
overhead  and  the  flashes  as 
the  guns  explode  are  not  cal- 
culated to  soothe  the  nerves. 

“Howr  many,  Monsieur 
Commandant*?  ” 


“Too  many,  Monsieur  Doctor.  My  children  have  suf- 
fered heavily  and  we  will  need  many  times  the  ambulances 
you  have.” 

They  had  indeed  suffered  heavily.  They  had  been  told 
to  attack,  with  the  object  of  another  division  making  the 
real  attack  further  up  the  line.  They  obeyed  orders — 
and  suffered  accordingly.  For  the  whole  night  the  am- 
bulances went  back  and  along  that  shell-shattered  road 
and  before  morning  nearly  a thousand  marines  were  take 
to  aid  posts  where  they  obtained  the  service  it  was  im- 
possible to  give  them  in  the  trenches.  Back  at  the  “Poste 
de  Soucurs ” at  Woesten  and  Oostvleteren  the  marines 
were  cared  for.  Some  were  operated  on  immediately,  for 
their  wounds  admitted  of  no  delay.  The  rest  waited  for 
the  ambulance  train  which  ran  along  by  the  roadside  and 
took  to  Dunkirk  those  whose  wounds  allowed  removal. 
In  box  cars,  in  cattle  trucks  (the  sign  was  on  them  all 
“eight  horses  or  twenty  men”),  in  converted  passenger 
cars,  they  went  back  to  the  towms  whence  they  came — but 
behind  them  they  left  an  equal  number  of  their  comrades 
who  would  nevermore  see  the  busy  quays  of  Marseilles. 
Havre  or  Boulogne. 

Next  day  the  Chasseur  Alpines  and  the  hussars  relieved 
what  was  left  of  the  marines.  The  Commandant  held  in 
his  hand  a list  of  those  who  had  given  their  lives  or  bodie* 
for  their  country  and  as  he  turned  to  leave  said: 

“Of  all  my  children  there  are  not  fifty  left  uninjured. 
We  held  our  place — but  for  what?  How  will  that  satisfy 
their  wives  and  children?” 

And  there  was  no  answer  I could  make. 

RED-TAPE’S  EVIL  WORK 

This  was  during  the  terrible  winter  of  1914-1915;  terrible 
because  there  was  such  a lack  of  proper  ambulances  where 
they  were  needed — at  the  front.  Big-hearted  people  of 
England  and  America  had  given  hundreds  of  ambulances, 
perfectly  appointed,  to  the  Allied  forces.  But  red-tape — 
always  dear  to  the  official  mind — -held  them  in  Paris, 
Boulogne,  Calais  and  Dunkirk.  Meanwhile,  the  men  who 
were  smashed  and  torn  at  the  Yser  and  Ypres  were  carted 
in  horse-drawn  vehicles  over  shell-torn  and  muddy  roads, 
taking  hours  to  transport  a few  wounded  where  later  the 
motor  ambulances  hurried  hundreds  to  safety  and  life  in 
a few  minutes.  Later  on  the  policy  of  the  governments 
was  changed  to  such  an  extent  that  the  donated  ambulances 
were  taken  over  by  the  forces  and  placed  in  charge  of  units 
of  the  regular  troops.  It  still  remains  the  policy  of  the 
Allied  armies,  however,  that  volunteer  civilians  shall  r.ot 
get  near  the  firing-line  and  today  there  are  but  two  such 
organizations  on  the  front — one  a unit  of  Quakers  attached 
to  the  British  army,  which  also  does  ambulance  work  w ith 
the  French  and  Belgians,  and  the  American  Ambulance 
which  supplies  cars  and  drivers  to  transport  wounded  for 
the  French  in  Belgium  and  the  Aisne  district.  The  service 
rendered  by  these  tw’o  beneficent  organizations  is  most 
efficient  and  has  been  highly  commended  by  those  who 
have  witnessed  it. 


FM>tRMOOH  * UJDKIIWOOD 

WAITING  FOR  STRICKEN  PASSENGERS 

Motor  ambulances  stationed  at  a devastated  farm  in  the  rear  of  the  trenches,  somewhere  in  the 
western  war  zone.  A summons  to  carry  away  scores  of  wounded  may  come  at  any  moment. 


ARE  WE  ALE  GOING  TO 


BY  CHARLTON  BATES  STRAY  ER 


AMERICAN  AEROPLANES  FOR  EUROPEAN  BATTLEFIELDS 
New  machines  being  tried  out  at  Hammondsport,  where  many  of  the  flying  machines  for  the  Allied  armies  are  built. 


MISS  HARRIET  QUIMBT 
In  her  biplane,  ready  for  a flight.  Miss  Quimby  was  the 
first  woman  to  fly  alone  across  the  English  Channel. 


A TRACTOR  FLYING  BOAT 

Built  for  Harold  F.  McCormick,  an  en- 
thusiastic amateur  aviator.  It  is  pre- 
dicted that  within  a few  years  aviation 
will  be  a general  sport 


THE  conquest  of  the  air  is  the 
greatest  material  achievement 
in  the  world’s  history.  With 
such  amazing  swiftness  has  the  art 
of  flying  advanced  during  the  past 
decade  that  in  forecasting  the  near 
future  the  imagination  must  be  en- 
listed. It  is  not  idle  to  say  that  in 
a few  years  the  aeroplane  will  be  as 
commonly  used  as  the  automobile  is 
now.  In  the  rapidity  of  its  develop- 
ment, and  in  a far  more  difficult  field  at 
that,  the  aeroplane  has  fairly  run  away  from 
the  automobile.  This  progress  is  largely  the 
result  of  the  war.  A few  years  ago,  a flight 
across  the  English  Channel  was  an  amazing  feat, 
the  aeroplane  was  the  helpless  victim  of  every  fickle 
gust  of  wind,  while  the  flight  of  an  hour  with  a passenger 
aboard  made  a thriller  for  the  headlines.  The  memorable 
trip  across  the  channel  by  Miss  Harriet  Quimby  of 
Leslie’s  staff,  in  1912,  the  first  channel  flight  by  a 
woman  alone,  has  not  yet  been  duplicated. 

“Less  than  a decade  ago,”  says  Senor  Santos-Dumont, 
the  Brazilian  aviator  and  scientist,  “my  aeroplane  was 
considered  a marvel.  In  this  machine,  in  which  there  was 
room  for  only  one  person,  I used  a 20-horsepower  motor. 
My  record  flight  was  12  miles,  and  I could  carry  only 
enough  gasoline  to  fly  three-quarters  of  an  hour.”  Today 
aeroplanes  can  carry  30  passengers,  can  fly  over  24  hours 
without  alighting,  have  ascended  practically  five  miles, 
and  between  sunrise  and  sunset  have  traveled  1,300  miles. 
“We  no  longer,”  says  M.  Dumont,  “fear  wind  or  weather. 
The  modern  machine  can  brave  any  gale,  and  fly  through 
a storm  of  any  velocity.  It  can  travel  over  mountains, 
forests  and  seas.  The  atmosphere  is  its  ocean,  and  its 
ports  are  everywhere.” 

Centuries  ago  Themistocles  said:  “He  who  commands 
the  seas  commands  all.”  This  Rear  Admiral  Robert  E. 
Peary  has  amended  to  read:  “He  who  commands  the  air 
commands  all.”  Britain’s  command  of  the  sea  has  given 
her  the  whip  hand  in  this  war,  but  the  next  great  war 
will  be  fought  in  the  air,  and  no  man  dare  predict  the  out- 
come, even  in  this  war,  should  the  British  and  German 
fleets  clash,  with  a fringe  of  submarines  in  the  fan  of  the 
attack,  while  Zeppelins  and  aeroplanes  fill  the  sky  over- 
head and  rain  destruction  on  the  boats  below. 

The  first  aeroplane  flight  was  made  in  this  country, 
and  it  is  a matter  of  regret  that  we  did  not  follow  up  the 


BROWN  BROS. 

AEROPLANE  SHOPS  ARE  THE  BUSIEST  OF 
OUR  INDUSTRIES 

A shop  where  the  small  fittings  are  made  for  one  of  the  big 
factories.  Hundreds  of  airships  of  all  sizes  are  being  made 
every  month  in  American  factories— and  they  all  go  to  Europe. 


A RECENT  BRITISH  WAR  PLANE 

This  plane  was  built  at  Hendon  for  the 
army  and  is  shown  ready  for  its  trial  trips. 
It  is  one  of  the  latest  models  of  army 
machine. 


epoch-making  achievements  of  the 
Wright  Brothers.  The  genius  of 
France  then  took  hold  of  the  idea 
and  in  a masterly  manner  led  in  its 
development,  while  the  necessity  of 
war  has  stimulated  as  great  progress 
in  20  months  as  would  have  taken  20 
years  in  time  of  peace.  The  United 
States  is  lamentably  deficient  both  in 
the  peaceful  use  of  aeroplanes  and  in 
their  employment  for  defensive  pur- 
poses. The  Wall  Street  Journal  is  au- 
thority for  the  statement  that  we  are 
shipping  as  many  aeroplanes  to  Europe 
every  day  as  the  whole  United  States  army  has 
in  commission.  The  published  estimates  of  the 
War  and  Navy  Departments  for  next  year  call  for 
less  than  100  aeroplanes  at  a cost  of  $2,000,000.  The 
minimum  number  should  be  2,000  and  an  expenditure  of 
$10,000,000  would  still  leave  us  behind  Japan,  the  Nether- 
lands and  even  Spain  in  aeronautical  equipment.  If  we 
spent  $25,000,000,  England,  France,  Germany  and  Rus- 
sia would  yet  be  ahead  of  us.  We  sent  only  two  aero- 
planes to  the  Mexican  border  because  we  had  no  more  to 
spare.  The  navy  must  ever  be  the  first  line  of  defense 
of  a country  having  so  extensive  a coast  line  as  the 
United  States,  but  we  need  the  aeroplane  picket  to  pro- 
vide, as  Admiral  Peary  says,  “a  national  burglar  alarm 
around  the  entire  country.” 

The  peaceful  uses  of  the  aeroplane  are  just  as  significant 
as  those  of  defense.  An  aerial  coast  patrol  would  be  a 
most  valuable  adjunct  to  the  existing  coast  guard.  The 
utilization  of  the  aeroplane  in  the  mail  service  offers  un- 
limited possibilities.  The  thousands  of  aviators  so  em- 
ployed wrould  constitute  an  auxiliary'  for  defense  in  time 
of  w'ar.  The  day  ought  not  to  be  far  distant  when  air 
lines  shall  connect  North  and  South  America.  Claude 
Grahame- White  predicts  that  in  20  years  giant  aeroplanes 
making  200  miles  an  hour  will  speed  from  New  York  to 
London  in  15  hours.  The  next  step  will  be  around-the- 
world  trips  by  air. 

While  all  this  is  developing,  the  local  uses  of  the 
aeroplane  will  increase  correspondingly.  In  ten  years 
the  flying  machine  will  be  as  common  as  the  auto- 
mobile to-day.  Far-seeing  automobile  makers  will  soon 
be  turning  to  the  aeroplane,  one  of  the  largest  eoncerm 
having  already  purchased  a trying-out  ground  for  flying 
machines.  Travel  in  the  future  is  to  be  through  the  air. 


FIBJLB  WO  MI  OF  THE  Y.  M.  C.  A 


TWENTY  THOUSAND  SOLDIERS  IN  CAMP  NEAR  SAN  ANTONIO 


Panoiamic  view  of  a part  of  Camp  Wilson,  where  militiamen  were  soon  transformed  into  trained 
soldiers.  Here  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  had  four  headquarters  buildings,  only  one  of  which  is  shown  in 
the  photograph.  It  stands  to  the  extreme  left,  near  the  top  of  the  picture,  and  was  exclusively 


for  the  use  of  the  Eighth  Illinois  regiment  (colored).  The  headquarters  buildings  were  in  charge 
of  secretaries,  the  average  number  to  a building  being  five.  The  soldiers  were  supplied  with 
reading  and  writing  material  and  amusements. 


TEMPORARY 
HEADQUARTERS 
As  soon  as  the  various  camps 
were  opened  along  the  bor- 
der the  Y.  M .C.  A.  put  up 
tents  to  serve  as  headquar- 
ters until  wooden  structures 
could  be  erected.  The  tent 
here  shown  was  at  Camp 
Wilson,  but  similar  ones  were 
ud  within  24  hours  after 
the  soldiers  got  on  the 
prounci  in  every  camp  along 
the  border.  The  enthusiasm j 
of  the  army  officers  for  tv 
work  of  the  Y M . C.  A.  was 
boundless  and  every  facility 
was  given  the  secretaries. 


AN  ALL-DAY  CHURCH 
The  Methodist  church  at 
McAllen,  Tex.,  which  is  kept 
open  all  day  and  evening 
and  is  provided  with  read- 
ing matter,  writing  materials 
and  a piano.  The  soldiers 
flocked  to  it  from  the  start 
and  the  genial  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
secretaries  made  them  feel  at 
home.  Funds  for  this 
splendid  work  are  contrib- 
uted by  those  who  want  to 
do  something  really  valu- 
able to  the  men  who  have 
sacrificed  so  much  for  their 
country. 


WIIAT  TIIE  ASSOCIATION  PREVENTS 
A soldier  being  placed  in  a Pullman  car  for  transport  to  a base  hos- 
pital He  has  been  wounded,  but  in  a no  more  glorious  cause  than 
a saloon  fight.  By  furnishing  amusement  ana  social  facilities  for 
the  men  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  keeps  them  out  of  objectionable  resorts. 


i ms  snows  the  approved  type  of  Y.  M.  v_.  A. 
headquarters  under  construction.  The  floor 
space  is  40  by  80  feet  and  the  building  is  10 
feet  high  at  the  eaves  and  20  feet  at  the 
ridgepole.  The  sides  are  boarded  up  to  a 
height  of  four  feec.  Above  this  is  an  open 
space  of  three  feet  covered  with  wire  netting 
to  keep  out  insects.  The  windows  between 
the  upper  and  lower  roofs  provide  additional 
ventilation.  Along  both  sides  of  the  building 
are  writing  tables  and  benches.  Books, 
magazines  and  newspapers  are  on  tables  in 
the  middle  of  the  room  and  space  is  provided 
at  the  end  of  the  building  for  meetings.  Pens, 
paper,  ink  and  postage  stamps  were  furnished 
free  to  soldiers,  and  chess,  checkers,  dominoes 
and  similar  games  were  provided.  The  most 
popular  feature,  however,  was  the  ice  water 
barrell.  Graphophones  and  motion  picture 
machines  furnished  amusement.  Among  the 
larger  contributors  to  the  work  were  the 
Rockefeller  Foundation,  $50,00C;  Cleveland 
H.  Dodge,  $10,000;  William  Sloane,  $10,000; 
H.  S.  Harkness,  $10,000;  Mrs.  Finley  G. 
Shepard,  $10,000;  George  W.LPerkins,  Mrs. 
Russell  Sage  and  H.  H.  Scoville,  each  $5,000. 


SECRETARIES  LABOR  WITH  HAMMER  AND  SAW 
W.  W.  Gethmann,  W.  W.  Kirkland  and  Fred  Thomas  at  work  on 
headquarters  for  the  First  Illinois  cavalry.  The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  erected 
40  of  these  buildings.  The  work  was  handled  by  the  International 
Committee,  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  124  East  28th  Street,  New  York. 


